"You shall see Frank to-morrow." She went back thoughtfully to her chair, and sat down again in silence.
Mr.Clare made for the door before any formal leave-taking could pass between them.

"Deep!" he thought to himself, as he looked back at her before he went out; "only eighteen; and too deep for my sounding!" In the hall he found Norah, waiting anxiously to hear what had happened.
"Is it all over ?" she asked.

"Does Frank go to China ?" "Be careful how you manage that sister of yours," said Mr.Clare, without noticing the question.

"She has one great misfortune to contend with: she's not made for the ordinary jog-trot of a woman's life.

I don't say I can see straight to the end of the good or evil in her--I only warn you, her future will be no common one." An hour later, Mr.Pendril left the house; and, by that night's post, Miss Garth dispatched a letter to her sister in London.
THE END OF THE FIRST SCENE.
BETWEEN THE SCENES.
PROGRESS OF THE STORY THROUGH THE POST.
I.
_From Norah Vanstone to Mr.Pendril._ "Westmoreland House, Kensington, "August 14th, 1846.
"DEAR MR.