Now give me the letter back.' I gave it back, and saw it torn up before my face.

The 'one subject' prohibited to Mercy as sternly as ever is still the subject of the personation of Grace Roseberry! Nothing could have been more naturally introduced, or more delicately managed, than my wife's brief reference to the subject.

No matter.

The reading of the first line was enough.

Lady Janet shut her eyes and destroyed the letter--Lady Janet is determined to live and die absolutely ignorant of the true story of 'Mercy Merrick.' What unanswerable riddles we are! Is it wonderful if we perpetually fail to understand one another ?" SIXTH EXTRACT.
"The morning after the ball.
"It is done and over.