he had Miss Matson's leave to use it when she was out of a Sunday, and he should be very glad if Miss Ellis would oblige him with her company.

Juliet declined this proposal with an air that repressed any further attempt at intimacy; and the shop-man returned to his post.

"I must not, I suppose," the Baronet, then advancing, said, "presume to offer you shelter under my roof from the inclemencies of the stair-case? And yet I think I may venture, without being indecorous, to mention, that I am going out for my usual airing; and that you may take possession of your old apartment, upon your own misanthropical terms, At all events, I shall leave you the door open, place some books upon the table, take out my servants, and order that no one shall molest you."

Extremely pleased by a kindness so much to her taste, Juliet would gratefully have accepted this offer, but for the visit that she knew to be designed for