ago and here s the bride and and may die a bachelor and i m a happy little woman may god bless you she was an irresistible little woman if that be anything to the purpose and never so completely irresistible as in her present there never were congratulations so and delicious as those she on herself and on the bride amid the tumult of emotions in his breast the honest had stood confounded flying now towards her dot stretched out her hand to stop him and retreated as before no john no hear all don t love me any more john on the hearth till you ve heard every word i have to say it was wrong to have a secret from you john i m very sorry i didn t think it any harm till i came and sat down by you on the little i last night but when i knew by what was written in your face that you had seen me walking in the gallery with edward and knew what you thought i felt how giddy and how wrong it was but oh dear john how could you could you think so little woman how she sobbed again john would have caught her in his arms but no she wouldn t let him don t love me yet please john not for a long time yet when i was sad about this intended marriage dear it was because i remembered may and edward such young lovers and knew that her heart was far away from you believe that now don t you john john was going to make another rush at this appeal but she stopped him again no keep there please john when i laugh at you as i sometimes do john and call you clumsy and a dear old goose and names of that sort it s because i love you john so well and take such pleasure in your ways and wouldn t see you altered in the least respect to have you made a king to morrow said with unusual vigor my opinion and when i spoke of people being middle aged and steady john and pretend that we are a couple going on in a trot sort of way it s only because i m such a silly little thing john that i like sometimes to act a kind of play with baby and all that and make believe she saw that he was coming and stopped him again but she was very nearly too late no don t love me for another minute or two if you please john what i want most to tell you i have kept to the last my dear good generous john when we were talking the other night about the i had it on my lips to that at i did dot love you so dearly as do now that i came home here i was half afraid i t learn to love every bit as well as hoped and prayed might � john but dear john every day and hour loved you more and more and if i could have loved you better do the words i heard you say this morning would made me but i can t � all the that i had il n great deal john i gave you as you deserve long long ago and i no more left to give now my dear me to your heart again that s my home john and never never think of sending me to any other you never will derive so much from seeing a woman in the arms of a third party as you would have fell if you had seen dot run into the s embrace it was ihe most complete soul piece of earnestness that ever you beheld in all your days you may be sure the was in a state of perfect rapture and you may be sure dot was likewise and you may be sure they all were of miss who cried mom for joy and wishing to include her young the general of congratulations handed round the baby to everybody in succession as if it were something to drink but now the sound of wheels was heard again outside the door and somebody exclaimed that and was back speedily that worthy gentleman appeared looking warn and why what the devil s this john said there s some mistake i appointed mrs to meet me at the church and swear i passed her hi the on her way here oh here she is i beg your pardon air i haven t ihe pleasure of knowing you but if you can do tne the to spare this young lady she has a � it on the hearth � h but i can t spare her returned edward i couldn t think of it what do you mean you vagabond v said i mean that as can make allowance for your being vexed returned the other with a smile i am as deaf to harsh this morning as i was to all discourse last night the look that bestowed upon him and the start he gave i am sorry sir said edward holding out may s left especially the third finger that the young lady can t accompany you to church but as she has been there once thb morning perhaps you will excuse her looked hard at the third finger and took a little piece of silver paper apparently containing a ring from his waistcoat pocket miss said will you have the kindness to throw that in the fire thank ee it was a previous an old engagement � that prevented my wife from keeping her appointment with you i you said edward mr will do me the justice to acknowledge that i revealed it to him faithfully and that i told him many times t could forget it said may blushing oh certainly said 