another when the voice and the laugh of miss once more caught her ear the sound approached and a few more brought them before her they were just returned into the wilderness from the park to which a side gate not fastened had tempted them very soon after their leaving her and they had been across a portion of the park into the very avenue which had been hoping the whole morning to reach at last and had been sitting down under one of the trees this was their history it was evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly and were not aware of the length of their absence s best consolation was in being assured that had wished for her very much and that he should certainly have come back for her had she not been tired already but this was not quite sufficient to do away the pain of having been left a whole hour when he had talked of only a few minutes nor to banish the sort of curiosity she felt to know what they had been conversing about all that time and the result of the whole was to her disappointment and depression as they prepared by general agreement to return to the house on reaching the bottom of the steps to the ter park and mrs presented themselves at the top ready for the wilderness at the end of an hour and a half from their leaving the house mrs had been t� o well to move faster had occurred to the plea her she had found a of complete enjoyment for the housekeeper after a great many on the subject of had taken her to the told her all about their cows and given her the receipt for a cream cheese and since s leaving them they had been met by the gardener with whom she had made a most satisfactory acquaintance for she had set him tight as to his s illness ci him it was an and promised him charm for it and he in return had showed her all his nursery of plants and actually presented her with a very curious specimen of g a al l returned to the house j away the time aa they o � i and a tin return of the and the oi � l e before the and the two gentlemen name iu and their did not appear to have been more than partially agreeable or at al productive of anything useful with regard to the object of the day by their own accounts they had been all walking after each other and the which had taken place at last seemed to s observation to have been aa much too late for re park establishing harmony as it had been for on any alteration she felt as she looked at and mr that hers was not the only dissatisfied bosom amongst them there was gloom on the face of each mr and miss were much more gay and she thought that he was taking particular pains during dinner to do away any little resentment of the other two and restore general good humor dinner was soon followed by tea and coffee a ten miles drive home allowed no waste of hours and from the time of their sitting down to table it was a quick succession of busy till the carriage came to the door and mrs having about and obtained a few eggs and a cream cheese from the housekeeper and made abundance of civil speeches to mrs was ready to lead the way at the same moment mr approaching said lam not to lose my companion unless she is afraid of the evening air in so exposed a seat the request had not been foreseen but was very graciously received and s day was likely to end almost as well as it began miss had made up her mind to something different and was a little disappointed but her conviction of being really the one preferred comforted her under it and enabled her to receive mr bush worth s parting attentions as she ought he was certainly better pleased to hand her into the than to assist her in ascending the box � and his complacency seemed confirmed by the arrangement park well this been fine day for you upon my word i said mrs as they drove the park nothing but pleasure from beginning to i am sure you ought to ba very obliged to your aunt and me for to let you go a pretty good day s amusement you have had maria was just discontented enough to say directly i think you have done pretty well your ma am your lap seems full of good things and here is a basket of something between us has been knocking my elbow my dear it is only a beautiful little heath which that nice old gardener would make me take but if it is in your way i will have it in my lap directly there you shall carry that parcel for me � take great care of it � do not let it fall it is a cream cheese just like the excellent one we had at dinner nothing would satisfy that good old mrs bat my taking one of the i stood out as long as i could till the tears almost came into her eyes and i knew it was just the sort that my sister would be delighted with at la treasure i she waa quite shocked when i asked her whether wine was allowed at the second table and she has t away two house oi waa ng take care oi the cheese now i can manage the other parcel and the basket very well what else have you been said maria half pleased that should be bo my dear it ia but four park generally a bad passage or something � that 