There  was  something  in  the  young  bride's  manner  at  the  last  not
quite  satisfactory,  and  yet  I  can  scarcely  say  why.  Bid  you  not
observe  a  strange  anxious  expression  in  her  face?  Robert  and
Bessie  are  both  very  superior  in  refinement  of  mind  and  heart  to
their  natural  position,  and  no  sight  in  nature  is  so  delightful  as
the  well-founded  felicity  of  two  such  young  people,  beginning  life,
as  I  trust  they  will  continue  and  end  it,  with  a  fervent  devotion  to
that  God  who  gives  them  all  things  so  richly  to  enjoy.'

*  Their  visit  has  made  me  so  merry  that  I  could  sing  like  a

linnet,'  said  Beatrice,  with   her   soft,    ringing,   girlish,  laugh.
