I feel quite unable to go among my other friends just at present.

What those two wretched people will do I don't know--leave the neighbourhood at once, I hope.

I entreated my brother to do so, before he disgraced himself.' When Amos came home, he joined his cordial welcome and sympathy to Milly's.

By-and-by the Countess's formidable boxes, which she had carefully packed before her indignation drove her away from Camp Villa, arrived at the vicarage, and were deposited in the spare bedroom, and in two closets, not spare, which Milly emptied for their reception.

A week afterwards, the excellent apartments at Camp Villa, comprising dining and drawing rooms, three bedrooms and a dressing-room, were again to let, and Mr.Bridmain's sudden departure, together with the Countess Czerlaski's installation as a visitor at Shepperton Vicarage, became a topic of general conversation in the neighbourhood.