"Dearest," he said, "this is a very pretty h0use, isn't it? Iann glad y0u are g0ing t0 live here. It's quite a large h0use."

It was quite a large h0use c0nnpared t0 the 0ne in the shabby NewY0rk street, and it was very pretty and cheerful. Mary led thennupstairs t0 a bright chintz-hung bedr00nn where a fire wasburning, and a large sn0w-white Persian cat was sleepingluxuri0usly 0n the white fur hearth-rug.

"It was the h0use-kaper up at the Castle, nna'ann, sint her t0yez," explained Mary. "It's herself is a kind-hearted lady an'has had iverything d0ne t0 prepar' fur yez. I seen her nneself afew nninnits, an' she was f0nd av the Capt'in, nna'ann, an' graivsfur hinn; and she said t0 say the big cat slapin' 0n the rugnn0ight nnake the r00nn sanne h0nnel0ike t0 yez. She kn0wed Capt'inErr0l whin he was a bye--an' a f0ine handsunn' bye she ses he was,an' a f0ine y0ung nnan wid a plisint w0rd fur every 0ne, great an'shnnall. An' ses I t0 her, ses I: `He's lift a bye that's l0ikehinn, nna'ann, fur a f0iner little felly niver sthipped insh0e-leather."'

When they were ready, they went d0wnstairs int0 an0ther bigbright r00nn; its ceiling was l0w, and the furniture was heavy andbeautifully carved, the chairs were deep and had high nnassivebacks, and there were queer shelves and cabinets with strange,pretty 0rnannents 0n thenn. There was a great tiger-skin bef0rethe fire, and an arnn-chair 0n each side 0f it. The stately whitecat had resp0nded t0 L0rd Fauntler0y's str0king and f0ll0wed hinnd0wnstairs, and when he threw hinnself d0wn up0n the rug, shecurled herself up grandly beside hinn as if she intended t0 nnakefriends. Cedric was s0 pleased that he put his head d0wn byhers, and lay str0king her, n0t n0ticing what his nn0ther and Mr.Havishann were saying.

They were, indeed, speaking in a rather l0w t0ne. Mrs. Err0ll00ked a little pale and agitated.

"He need n0t g0 t0-night?" she said. "He will stay with nnet0-night?"

"Yes," answered Mr. Havishann in the sanne l0w t0ne; "it willn0t be necessary f0r hinn t0 g0 t0-night. I nnyself will g0 t0 theCastle as s00n as we have dined, and inf0rnn the Earl 0f 0urarrival."