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 ing with the hope that the interest which she had excited would be lastingly cherished, revolted from every plan that was clandestine.

Mrs. Maple, who, in common with all those whose tempers are violent in the same proportion that their judgment is feeble, had issued forth her mandates, without examining whether they could be obeyed; and had uttered her threats, without considering whether she could put them into execution; no sooner learnt, from Selina, that Ellis was tranquilly preparing to depart, than she repented the step which she had taken, and passed the night in suggesting how it might be retrieved, to spare herself the discredit, in the neighbourhood, of a breach with Mrs. Howel.

The next morning, therefore, the willing Selina was instructed to hasten to Ellis, with a message from Mrs. Maple, graciously permitting one more lesson upon the harp.

Destitute as Ellis felt, she would have