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Rh fond of them, But Miss Hope saw a different cause for her desire for their company wherever she was.

And yet this pair were to be married; there appeared to be no help for it. How terribly quickly the weeks and months flew past for both Lady Eveline and Miss Hope. It seemed as if nothing could break the charmed net that entangled them, but Miss Hope once made the attempt.

"How very happy you must be, Lady Eveline," said she to her one day.

"Happy!" echoed the girl with a sigh and a start.

"It is so seldom when young people make a marriage of affection that the parents on both sides are so reasonable as they have been in your case," said Miss Hope with a slight accent on the word affection.

"Yes, I suppose so," said Lady Eveline. "I believe it is very rare."

"Mr. John Derrick is so agreeable, quite the life of our society at Stanmore," said Miss Hope.

"Is he? Do you think so? I have seen so little of the world You know I am very young."

Miss Hope thought Eveline was boastful of