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of milk. It will serve for breakfast. and we

of milk It will serve for breakfast, and we
must share it.
Mademoiselle laughed and Hugh laughed.
There was nothing else to be done for it. They
went into the refreshment-room and ate their
humble breakfast, each of them drinking out of
the same glass by turns tMademoiselle first, OF
course, and Hugh was now far enough gone to
feel little thrill of rapture when his lips pressed
where hers had been). After they had finished,
! they walked up and down outside, much
observed of the three young women in
the refreshment-room, and went on talking vol
ubly to one another. It's positively astonishing
how intimate two young people can get in two
days spent thus together. Mademoiselle had
| quite lost her dread of the terrible Englishman
| by this time and even ventured to laugh at him
little because, though his accent was generally
| good his Rs were of the usual weakened, insu-
lar description. .R-r-roll them, Monsieur" she
said laughing ''R-r-roli them as do
SO you are beginning to give lessons to the
| natives alreadyn Hugh said smiling in return.
/ just at that minute the 1:20 train arrived at
| the station and who should Hugh see at the
| window Of first class carriage but his friend
Colonel Montague, on his way down to Plymouth
tMademoiselle," he cried, II see friend! Nous
| VOLTA suayes
He rushed up to the window exctedly and
called out: ''Hullo, Montague, this is luck.
just home from the Continent, and stuck here
without any tin to get dinner. Can you lend
me couple of sovereignsW
| The Colonel pulled out his purse and took two
| pounds from it. 'Send them back to me at the
club at Plymouth" he said Hugh thanked him
and pocketed the sovereigns with the feelings of
man who has come into sudden wealth after
| the lowest depths of poverty
And now, mademoiselle," he said, 1--WE will
| go and have some dinner
Beg pardon, sir" the porter put in, once
more obsequious for he had heard it all and saw
that the gentleman was on intimate terms with
a irst-class passenger). "they can give you
very good dinner at the Kings Fad"
| Hugh pushed past him without word, and
| took Mile. Eulalie into the refreshment room.
There they soon ordered cold chicken and a
bottle of claret, and fell to with the appetite of
| youthful hunger.
Whether it was the claret, or the tete-a-tete,
or what it was | cannot say; but, at any rate,
as soon as they had done full justice to very
/ plentiful luncheon, Hugh began to speak little
more seriously to Eulalie.
''Mademoiselle." he said, with kindly smile,
women. You will find it very hard and
thankless task You had much better turn
! your thoughts elsewhere"
but monsieur" Eulalie said, looking prettier
than ever what can l do2 / am poor. am
educated for a governess. / have nothing else
/ to turn to.
"Mademoiselle," Hugh went on, ''you have
youth and beauty Why do you not think of
marriageP
ooh, fe, monsieur" Eula1ie murmured, cast
ing down her eyes. Were they then, after all,
universally such dragons, these Englishl)
"Mademoisele,n Hugh said in low voice,
Denulng closer, permit me 10 explain InySeH.
| | am an advocate. l live at Bristol. l have
means of my own. am prepared to go back to
| Normandy, if you wish, and explain to this good
| grandpapa at Gruchy Mile, Eulalie, l
! love YOU
''Monsieurl" said Mile. Eulalie.
| draw veil over the remainder of that inter
view. l will merely add, in fact that
before the train started for Bristol Hugh and
Eulalie had arranged between them that
Eulalie should go for the present
to Miss Spurter's; but that Hugh should
shortly come over and see her, and give proofs
| of his really being the person he represented
himself to be. He did 60 over before long and
Eulalie went shortly after to stop with Hugh's
mother at Clifton; aud the good grandpapa re-
ceived visit from Hugh at Gruchy, and declared
himself perfectly satisfied that he was person
! of honor, and before six months were out the af-
/ faire Eulalie settled to the universal salts
/ faction of every body concerned. Hugh Portle-
down has stuck to the bar where he is doing
remarkably well, by the wayl, and Mrs. Hugh
/ tells me, whenever | visit them at Clifton now
/ adays. that her husband and myself are the only
two Englishmen she ever knew who could roll
their Rs with perfect accuracy But then, you
| know Mrs Hugh was always such a delight
full little humbug.