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34 de mieux, she was riding, "I have taken a strange whim into my head? Now, Alfred, do let us contrive an introduction to this most unsociable gentleman. I am dying of ennui at my uncle's, and it would be quite an adventure." "You are mighty clever—always were, in managing your own matters—not so stupid as you think me. What do you want with Lord Etheringhame?" "Want with him! Nothing but the pleasure of doing what nobody else could—gaining admittance into this inhospitable castle."

"Fine shooting," again muttered Lord Merton; "and if I knew Lord Etheringhame, he might ask me to shoot over his grounds." Campbell talks of the magic of a name—yes, if the name be partridges. "Well, Adelaide; but how do you mean to contrive it?" "The very elements conspire for me," replied Adelaide, pointing to two or three raindrops on her habit. "We are now in the only permitted road of the Park; but young people are very thoughtless. These fine old trees, a good point of view, tempt us to diverge—we take this road," turning her horse into one