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 the integrity of poor Mason, I hope, Madam, you will not part with her?"

"I have no wish to part with her," said my Lady. "That is not sufficient," rejoined Lord Longlands; "she has been injured, and the injury must be repaired." Then ringing the bell, he desired the housekeeper and Jackson, with all the other servants who were at hand, to attend. They quickly obeyed the summons; very anxious to know what was going forward.

As soon as they were all assembled, my Lord addressed them in a speech which I shall never forget. "I sent for you," said he, "in order to inform you, that the woman who has left the room, is discarded from my service, on account of her having been guilty of telling a wicked and malicious lie, in order to throw the blame of a trifling accident upon an innocent person. It likewise has been proved to our satisfaction, that the conduct of this young woman, whom she would have