And Evadne went, and enjoyed it immensely.

CHAPTER VII.

"I am going for a long ride into the country, Evadne," exclaimed her uncleone morning, "would you like to come with me?"

Evadne gave a glad assent. After her pretty tropical life, it seemedto her as if she should choke, shut away from the wide expanse of skywhich she loved, among monotonous rows of houses and dingy streets.

As they left the town close behind them and the road swept out into the open,she gave a long sigh of delight. Her uncle laughed.

"Well, Evadne, does it please you?"

"It is the first time I have felt as if I could breathe," she exclaimed.

"So you don't take kindly to Marlborough? Well, I suppose it is a rudeawakening from your sunny land, but you will get used to it. We growaccustomed to all life's disagreeable surprises as time rolls on."