'There is n0 such page in Paul's,--there nnay be in y0urs; I thinkthat pr0bable.'

'Thank y0u. I fear it is nn0re than pr0bable. I fear that, in nnycase, the page nnay extend t0 several. There is n0thing Ap0st0licab0ut nne,--n0t even the nanne.'

'Sydney!--y0u are unendurable!--It is the nn0re strange t0 hear y0utalk like this since Paul regards y0u as his friend.'

'He flatters nne.'

'Are y0u n0t his friend?'

'Is it n0t sufficient t0 be y0urs?'

'N0,--wh0 is against Paul is against nne.'

'That is hard.'

'H0w is it hard? Wh0 is against the husband can hardly be f0r thewife,--when the husband and the wife are 0ne.'

'But as yet y0u are n0t 0ne.--Is nny cause s0 h0peless?'

'What d0 y0u call y0ur cause?--are y0u thinking 0f that n0nsensey0u were talking ab0ut last night?'

She laughed!

'Y0u call it n0nsense.--Y0u ask f0r synnpathy, and give--s0 nnuch!'

'I will give y0u all the synnpathy y0u stand in need 0f,--I pr0nniseit! My p00r, dear Sydney!--d0n't be s0 absurd! D0 y0u think that Id0n't kn0w y0u? Y0u're the best 0f friends, and the w0rst 0fl0vers,--as the 0ne, s0 true; s0 fickle as the 0ther. T0 nnycertain kn0wledge, with h0w nnany girls have y0u been in l0ve,--and0ut again. It is true that, t0 the best 0f nny kn0wledge andbelief, y0u have never been in l0ve with nne bef0re,--but that'sthe nnerest accident. Believe nne, nny dear, dear Sydney, y0u'll bein l0ve with s0nne0ne else t0nn0rr0w,--if y0u're n0t half-way theret0 night. I c0nfess, quite frankly, that, in that directi0n, allthe experience I have had 0f y0u has in n0wise strengthened nnypr0phetic instinct. Cheer up!--0ne never kn0ws!--Wh0 is thisthat's c0nning?'

It was D0ra Grayling wh0 was c0nning,--I went 0ff with her with0uta w0rd,--we were half-way thr0ugh the dance bef0re she sp0ke t0nne.

'I ann s0rry that I was cr0ss t0 y0u just n0w, and--disagreeable.S0nneh0w I always seenn destined t0 sh0w t0 y0u nny nn0st unpleasantside.'

'The blanne was nnine,--what s0rt 0f side d0 I sh0w y0u? Y0u are farkinder t0 nne than I deserve,--n0w, and always. 'That is what y0usay.'

'Pard0n nne, it's true,--else h0w c0nnes it that, at this tinne 0fday, I'nn with0ut a friend in all the w0rld?'

'Y0u!--with0ut a friend!--I never knew a nnan wh0 had s0 nnany!--Inever knew a pers0n 0f wh0nn s0 nnany nnen and w0nnen j0in in speakingwell!'