"I should like to very much," says Clarissa, "as papa is in town." "Well, then, come," says Georgie, tucking her arm comfortably into hers, "and we'll send you home at eleven." "I hope you will send me home too," says Scrope, meekly. "Yes, by the other road," says Mrs. Branscombe, with a small grimace. And then she presses Clarissa's arm against her side, and tells her, without the slightest provocation, that she is a "darling," and that everything is quite, quite, _quite_ TOO delicious! * * * * * That evening, in the library, when Georgie and Dorian are once more alone, Branscombe, turning to her, takes her in his arms. "You are quite happy?" he asks, questioningly. "You have no regrets now?" "Not one," very earnestly. "But you, Dorian,"--she slips an arm round his neck, and brings his face down closer to her own, as though to read the expression of his eyes more clearly,--"are you satisfied? Think how unkind I was to you; and, after all,"--naïvely,--"I am only pretty; there is really nothing in me. You have my whole heart, of course, you know that; I am yours, indeed, but then"--discontentedly--"what am I?" "I know: you are my own darling," says Branscombe, very softly. THE END. [Illustration: The "Best" Tonic A Concentrated Liquid Extract of Malt and Hops] 1523 K Street, N. W., Washington, D. C., January 24, 1888. PH. BEST BREWING CO., Specialty Department, 28 College Place, N. Y. Gentlemen:--Sample of "Best" Tonic received. Gave to member of my family, was delighted with effects. Only trouble, there was not enough of it. It seems to be a pure, excellent Tonic, improving the appetite and digestion. What would you furnish me with a dozen bottles as test. S. J. RADCLIFFE, M. D. [Illustration: AGATE IRON WARE.] --IS SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS IN-- HARDWARE, CROCKERY AND HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. Throughout the World. AND UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST KITCHEN WARE EVER PRODUCED. The articles are made of Sheet iron pressed into shape and coated with a pure vitreous enamel, which for tenacity and power of resisting the action of acids has no equal. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. The word Phoebus uses an oe ligature in the original. 3. The following misprints have been corrected: "siting" corrected to "sitting" (page 68) "baoadcast" corrected to "broadcast" (page 173) "seond" corrected to "second" (page 180) "dinning-room" corrected to "dining-room" (page 212) "anthying" corrected to "anything" (page 244) 4. Some of the obvious punctuation errors have been corrected, e. g., addition of missing period at the end of sentences. 5. Other than the corrections listed above, printer's inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and ligature usage have been retained.