To-morrow morning we leave this charming place--oh, how unwillingly!--for Bremen, to catch the steamer to Hull.
You shall hear from me again on our arrival.

Gratefully yours, "CATHERINE LINLEY." Mr.Sarrazin put this letter into a private drawer and smiled as he turned the key.

"Has she made up her mind at last ?" he asked himself.
"But for the courier, I shouldn't feel sure of her even now." The second letter agreeably surprised him.

It was announced that the writer had just returned from the United States; it invited him to dinner that evening; and it was signed "Randal Linley." In Mr.
Sarrazin's estimation, Randal had always occupied a higher place than his brother.

The lawyer had known Mrs.Linley before her marriage, and had been inclined to think that she would have done wisely if she had given her hand to the younger brother instead of the elder.