Her hand, which had just then taken hold of his, in the warmth of her wish to serve him, now dropped down as with the stroke of death—her face lost its colour—and she leaned against the desk by which they were standing, without uttering a word. “What means this change?” said he; “Do you not wish me happy?” “Yes,” she exclaimed: “Heaven is my witness. But it gives me concern to think we must part.” “Then let us be joined,” cried he, falling at her feet, “till death alone can part us.” All the sensibility—the reserve—the pride, with which she was so amply possessed, returned to her that moment. She started and cried, “Could Lord Elmwood know for what he sent me?” “He did,” replied Rushbrook—“I boldly told him of my presumptuous love, and he has given to you alone, the power over my happiness or misery. Oh! do not doom me to the latter.” Whether the heart of Matilda, such as it has been described, _could_ sentence him to misery, the reader is left to surmise—and if he supposes that it could _not_, he has every reason to suppose that their wedded life, was—a life of happiness. He has beheld the pernicious effects of an _improper education_ in the destiny which attended the unthinking Miss Milner.—On the opposite side, what may not be hoped from that school of prudence—though of adversity—in which Matilda was bred? And Mr. Milner, Matilda’s grandfather, had better have given his _fortune_ to a distant branch of his family—as Matilda’s father once meant to do—so that he had given to his daughter A PROPER EDUCATION. Plays written by Mrs. Inchbald, and published by G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row. LOVERS’ VOWS; A Play in five Acts, from the German of Kotzebue. WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE. EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, Comedies in five Acts. SUCH THINGS ARE, A Play in five Acts. THE MARRIED MAN, A Comedy, Price 1s. 6d. each. THE CHILD OF NATURE. APPEARANCE IS AGAINST THEM. THE WIDOW’S VOW. THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, A Comedy. THE WEDDING DAY, Price One Shilling each. NATURE AND ART, The Second Edition, in Two Volumes, Price 7s. sewed.