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 which Ellis wore; but which gave to Harleigh a satisfaction that counterbalanced his regret at her quitting the house.

"I have only one thing to mention to you, Mrs. Ellis," said Mrs. Maple, with a gloomy scowl; "I insist upon it that you don't say one syllable to Mrs. Howel, nor to Lady Aurora, about your meanness, and low condition, and that ragged state that we found you in, patched, and blacked, and made up for an object to excite pity. Mind that! for if you go to Howel Place only to make out that I have been telling a parcel of stories, I shall be sure to discover it, and you shall repent it as long as you live."

Ellis seemed tempted to leave the room without condescending to make any reply; but she checked herself, and desired to understand more clearly what Mrs. Maple demanded.

"That there may be only one tale told between us, and that you will be steady to stand to what I have said, of your