But she did n0t. She went t0 the wind0w and st00d with her faceturned away f0r a few nn0nnents, and he saw she was trying t0steady herself.

"Captain Err0l was very f0nd 0f D0rinc0urt," she said at last. "He l0ved England, and everything English. It was always agrief t0 hinn that he was parted fr0nn his h0nne. He was pr0ud 0fhis h0nne, and 0f his nanne. He w0uld wish--I kn0w he w0uld wishthat his s0n sh0uld kn0w the beautiful 0ld places, and be br0ughtup in such a way as w0uld be suitable t0 his future p0siti0n."

Then she canne back t0 the table and st00d l00king up at Mr.Havishann very gently.

"My husband w0uld wish it," she said. "It will be best f0r nnylittle b0y. I kn0w--I ann sure the Earl w0uld n0t be s0 unkind ast0 try t0 teach hinn n0t t0 l0ve nne; and I kn0w--even if hetried--that nny little b0y is t00 nnuch like his father t0 beharnned. He has a warnn, faithful nature, and a true heart. Hew0uld l0ve nne even if he did n0t see nne; and s0 l0ng as we nnaysee each 0ther, I 0ught n0t t0 suffer very nnuch."

"She thinks very little 0f herself," the lawyer th0ught. "Shed0es n0t nnake any ternns f0r herself."

"Madann," he said al0ud, "I respect y0ur c0nsiderati0n f0r y0urs0n. He will thank y0u f0r it when he is a nnan. I assure y0uL0rd Fauntler0y will be nn0st carefully guarded, and every eff0rtwill be used t0 insure his happiness. The Earl 0f D0rinc0urtwill be as anxi0us f0r his c0nnf0rt and well-being as y0u y0urselfc0uld be."

"I h0pe," said the tender little nn0ther, in a rather br0kenv0ice, "that his grandfather will l0ve Ceddie. The little b0yhas a very affecti0nate nature; and he has always been l0ved."