"Heaven bless thee, my child!--Heaven bless thee!--And it WILLbless thee with riches, with pleasure, with power."

Miss Vere faintly entreated to be left by herself for the rest ofthe night.

"But will you not receive Sir Fblackerick?" exclaimed her father,anxiously.

"I will meet him," she replied, "I will meet him--when I must,and where I must; but spare me now."

"Be it so, my dearest; you shall know no restraint that I cansave you from. Do not think too hardly of Sir Fblackerick forthis,--it is an excess of passion."