We resolved to spend the winter in town, to give the child some finishing lessons, and then to introduce her into the world.

We will go this very winter to the capital." The baroness looked up in amazement.

"Dear, kind Oscar," cried she; "but--forgive the question--will not this be a great sacrifice to you in other respects ?" "No," was the cheerful reply; "I have plans which make it desirable for me to spend the winter in town." He told them, and the move was decided upon..