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 "Yes, if I sat down deliberately and said, there is the Reverend Horace Greydon, a friend of Arthur's, an excellent young man, and there is Janet Hopkinson who would exactly suit him, I will try and make up a match between them; that would be wrong, and perhaps a year hence they would hate the sight of me for having thought of it. But when I see that they are mutually attached and longing to be married, then I step in like a benificent fairy, and give them the means of meeting, and the means of living, and my manufactory, Aunt Sarah, only turns out the best finished articles of happiness. I do like to help young people in their love affairs," said Blanche in a reflective staid tone, implying that her long life of eighteen years, and her twelvemonths of marriage had given her the experience and benevolence appropriate to a prosperous old age.

"But to return to Rose and Mr. Harcourt," said Aunt Sarah, smiling.

"I do not take quite such a lively interest in their affairs, there are no difficulties to