At present I incline toward the last of these three courses.

But my decision is far too important to be hurried.

To-day is only the twenty-ninth.

I will suspend my Chronicle of Events until Monday.
_May 31st_ .-- My alternatives and her plans are both overthrown together.
The newspaper came in, as usual, after breakfast.

I looked it over, and discovered this memorable entry among the obituary announcements of the day: "On the 29th inst., at Brighton, Michael Vanstone, Esq., formerly of Zurich, aged 77." Miss Vanstone was present in the room when I read those two startling lines.