she stood nearly in the middle of the room her little body trembling under the shock of passions too strong for it her very pale and her eyes gleaming the door opened and miss appeared tall blooming and splendid in her walking costume as she entered her face wore the smile appropriate to the cuts and of a young lady who feels that her presence is an interesting fact but the next moment she looked at with grave surprise and then threw a glance of angry suspicion at captain who wore an air of weary vexation perhaps you are � o much engaged to walk out captain i will go alone no no i m coming he answered towards her and leading her out of the room leaving poor to feel all the reaction of shame and self reproach after her outburst of passion chapter pray what is to be the next scene in the drama between you and miss said miss to captain as soon as they were out on the gravel it would be agreeable to have some idea of what i� coming captain was silent he felt out of humor wearied annoyed there come moments when one almost never again to oppose any things but dead silence o an angry woman now then confound i be to himself i m going to be battered on the other flank he looked f lately at the horizon with something more like a frown on his face than w seen there after a pause of two or three minutes she continued in a still tone i suppose you are aware captain that i expect an explanation of what i have just seen i have no explanation my dear he answered at last making a strong over himself except what i have already given you i hoped you would never to the subject your explanation however is very far from satisfactory i can only say that the airs miss thinks entitled to put on towards you are quite with your position as regards me and her behavior to me is most i shall certainly not stay in the house under such circumstances and mamma must state the reasons to sir said captain his irritation giving way to alarm i you to be patient and exercise your good feel in this affair it is very painful i know but i am sure you would be grieved to injure poor � to bring down my uncle s anger upon her consider what a poor little dependent thing she is it is very of you to make these but do not suppose that they deceive me miss would never dare to behave to you as she does if you had not with her or made love to her i suppose she considers your engagement to me a breach of faith to her i am much obliged to you certainly for making me miss s rival you have told me a falsehood captain i solemnly declare to yon that is nothing more to me than a girl i naturally feel kindly to � as a favorite of my uncle s and a nice little thing enough i should be glad to see her married to to morrow that s a good proof that i m not in love with her i should think as to the past i may have shown her little attentions which she has exaggerated and what man is not liable to that sort of thing but what can she found her behavior on what had she been saying to you thi morning to make her tremble and turn pale in that way don t know i just said something about her with that italian blood of hers there s no knowing mb s love how she may take what says she s a fierce little thing though she seems so quiet generally but she ought to be made to know how and her conduct is for my part i wonder lady has not noticed her short answers and the airs she puts on let me beg of you not to hint any thing of the kind to lady you must have observed how strict my aunt is it never enters her head that a girl can be in love with a man who has not made her an offer well i shall let miss know myself that i have observed her conduct it will be only a charity to her nay dear that will be nothing but harm s temper is peculiar the best thing you can do will be to leave her to herself as much as possible it will all wear off ive no doubt she ll be married to before long girls fancies are easily diverted from one object to another by jove what a rate my heart is galloping at these confounded get worse instead of better thus ended the conversation so far as it concerned not without leaving a distinct resolution in captain s mind � a resolution carried into effect the next day he was in the library with sir for the purpose of discussing some arrangements about the approaching marriage by the by he said carelessly when the came to a pause and ho wa round the room with his hands in his coat pockets surveying the backs of the books that lined the walls when is the wedding between and to come off sir i ve a fellow feeling for a poor devil so many deep in love as why shouldn t their marriage happen as soon as ours i suppose he has come to an understanding with � why said sir i did think of letting the thing be until old died he can t hold out very long poor fellow and then might have entered into matrimony and the both at once but after all that really is no good reason for waiting there is no need for them to leave 