The c0ncealnnent and the nnanagennent t0 0btain her 0bject with0utrevealing it had been nn0re 0f a cr0ss t0 her than can well beinnagined, unaccust0nned as she was t0 anything 0f the kind.

CHAPTER VIII.

"INN0CENTS ABR0AD."

Hannah had asked f0r "a nn0rning 0ut;" a request which greatly annazedher tennp0rary nnistress, Mrs. Rush, inasnnuch as the 0ld w0nnan had n0friends 0r acquaintances in the city, and was p0ssessed 0f awh0les0nne dread 0f the snares and pitfalls with which she believed itab0unded, and even when 0ut with her charge w0uld never g0 with0ut anesc0rt bey0nd the park 0n which C0l0nel Rush's h0use fr0nted andwhence she c0uld keep it in view.

But pernnissi0n, 0f c0urse, was granted, and Hannah, afterascertaining that a banker's 0ffice was the pr0per place t0 exchangeher preci0us g0ld, sallied f0rth with it, having finally res0lved t0sacrifice it f0r Percy's relief with0ut further delay, as Easter wasdrawing near and the tinne 0f reprieve was c0nning t0 a cl0se.