Above all, the writer wished to draw attention to the looseness of the law, and its vagaries applied to our social and moral life, as evinced in Susan's case. The character and history of the girl is no romance, for Susan is taken from actual existence; still the fallacy of the current ideas on the subject of lunacy and its laws has been already exposed by an abler pictorial pen than that of the writer. Markworth and Clara Kingscott are no unusual types: search the daily police and criminal intelligence, and you will come across their "doubles." Speaking in the language of the _cuisine_, the meats provided have been fair and hearty, and if the _plat_ be over-seasoned or not sufficiently spiced, the blame rests on the _chef_, and not on the viands. Ring away, prompter! Lower the curtain. The play is ended: _le jeu est fait_. The scene closes on the well-known forms and faces; and, as the curtain drops on the general tableau at the end, I can still see the cheery, weather-beaten face of Doctor Jolly, and hear him exclaiming, in his usual way, with his hearty voice and contagious _bonhomie_-- "Bless my soul, sir! How are you? How-de-doo?" THE END.