but he wastes his time with dictionaries and grammars.' Grey is a polyglot," remarked Auget Smith Auget: "he is wrapt up in the languages-a walking Babel!" "I consider my cousin Albert's secret taste," said Henry Molyneux" certainly his highest power-to lie in developing the poetry of feeling." 66 Poetry!" exclaimed Mrs. Auget and Poetry!" repeated the learned lady, again uplifting her hands. "Mr. Grey poetic! Oh! my dear Mr. Molyneux, your satire is always so very refined!" "I trust I never use satire," was the reply. "The consequence, I believe, of a cure performed by this same unlucky dog, Grey, whose qualities, good and bad, we are so indefatigably hunting down," observed Auget Smith Auget, laughing. Henry Molyneux coloured deeply, and re plied, "My memory, Smith, is an indulgent one to me; it loves not to annoy my pride, by recalling my defeats and disgraces: but, on that occasion, Albert was, as you remember, on the defensive, and, if a formidable antagonist, he was always a merciful one." "I have no doubt," remarked Mrs. Auget, "that, had Mr. Grey not changed his religion, he might have made a very good parish priest; but, of course, as he has become a Protestant, one must not regret his conversion. I trust he was sincere." "Oh," said Emily; "how unkind, how ungenerous it would be, to doubt his sincerity!" "It is doubted by many, my dear," responded the mother. "On what grounds, madam?" inquired Lord Dumbledore. 66 Oh, he is so unsteady, my lord!" replied Mrs. Auget. "In what respect is Mr. Grey unsteady," pursued his lordship; "is the young man gay?" 66 Why, not perhaps gay, my lord; not exactly gay." "Is he a gambler, then; or a spendthrift, madam?" "Oh no, my lord! you are aware his means would not permit it." "Then, pray," inquired Lord Dumbledore, "how has Mr. Grey gained the character of being unsteady?" "Oh, I merely meant to say-unsettled, my lord," replied Mrs. Auget; "not precisely unsteady-but so very unsettled." "Excuse me, ladies," interrupted Lord Dumbledore, hastily starting up from his seat, "I perceive Mr. Auget riding up the lane; I must catch him as quickly as possible. Every moment impairs the memory, and I shall be put to serious inconvenience should he be unable to assist me in remembering a little matter concerning Farmer Peter's sheep-pens.' Auget Smith Auget, with his friend and guest, Henry Molyneux, also arose, accompanied Lord Dumbledore across the lawn, until he joined the magistrate, and then pro ceeded to order the horses for a morning's gallop. Emily resumed her pencil, and Mrs. Auget retired to her study to finish the last number of the " Missionary Society's Report," and Dr. Brewster's " Essay upon the Polarisation of Light." CHAPTER IV. "Rove Through oaken glades, and pass along the grove; C. WORDSWORTH. How different may be the colouring of the same event, as viewed through the medium of different hearts; a medium that can gild the most cloudy hour, or blot out the sunshine with an impenetrable shadow ! What had served as a subject for passing gossip in the breakfast parlour at the Haye, had driven all comfort from the mind of Albert Grey. On returning from the party at Pennersley, he had early claimed the privilege of solitude. Even the presence of his favourite Constance |