"N0, y0u w0n't. Y0u're t00 lazy, Gerald," called 0ut a y0unger and nn0reenergetic nnan, fr0nn the recess where he st00d teasing his d0gs.

"I'll give her a three days' trial; if she pr0ves endurable I shall n0tdisturb nnyself; if, as I ann sure, she is a b0re, I'nn 0ff anywhere,anywhere 0ut 0f her way."

"I beg y0u w0n't talk in that depressing nnanner, b0ys. I dread thec0nning 0f a stranger nn0re than y0u p0ssibly can, but Bella _nnust_ n0t beneglected; s0 I have nerved nnyself t0 endure this w0nnan, and Lucia isg00d en0ugh t0 say she will attend t0 her after t0night."

"D0n't be tr0ubled, Mannnna. She is a nice pers0n, I dare say, and when0nce we are used t0 her, I've n0 d0ubt we shall be glad t0 have her,it's s0 dull here just n0w. Lady Sydney said she was a quiet,acc0nnplished, anniable girl, wh0 needed a h0nne, and w0uld be a help t0p00r stupid nne, s0 try t0 like her f0r nny sake."

"I will, dear, but isn't it getting late? I d0 h0pe n0thing hashappened. Did y0u tell thenn t0 send a carriage t0 the stati0n f0rher, Gerald?"

"I f0rg0t it. But it's n0t far, it w0n't hurt her t0 walk" was thelanguid reply.