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Rh to be forced down again, like nauseous medicine; even in this deep and deadly suffering, vanity finds a trophy of power over which to exult. It is somewhat that speaks of mental command, to think how little the careless and the curious deem of the agony which, like a conqueror, is reigning in misery and desolation within. "Leaving Naples early to-morrow," exclaimed Lord Mandeville, "and returning to Spain?" "Yes," replied Edward, "and that must plead my excuse for hurrying away to-night." "Well, I suppose," returned his host, "I must take no note of your departure;

"And, considering what I leave behind," said Edward, smiling, and looking towards the bright and gay-looking groups which were flitting through the saloon, "I ought to depart with the two following lines,

"I pity you so very much for leaving us," said Emily, with a sweet glad laugh; for she