Lord Curryfin was pursuing his meditations in the pavilion, when the young lady, whom he had sought there in vain, presented herself before him in great agitation. He started up to meet her, and held out both his hands. She took them both, held them a moment, disengaged them, and sat down at a little distance, which he immediately reduced to nothing. He then expressed his disappointment at not having previously found her in the pavilion, and his delight at seeing her now. After a pause, she said: 'I felt so much disturbed in the morning, that I should have devoted the whole day to recovering calmness of thought, but for something I have just heard. My maid tells me that you are going to try that horrid horse in harness, and in a newly-invented high phaeton of your own, and that the grooms say they would not drive that horse in any carriage, nor any horse in that carriage, and that you have a double chance of breaking your neck. I have disregarded all other feelings to entreat you to give up your intention.' Lord Curryfin assured her that he felt too confident in his power over horses, and in the safety of his new invention, to admit the possibility of danger: but that it was a very small sacrifice to her to restrict himself to tame horses and low carriages, or to abstinence from all horses and carriages, if she desired it. 'And from sailing-boats,' she added. 'And from sailing-boats,' he answered. 'And from balloons,' she said. 'And from balloons,' he answered. 'But what made you think of balloons?' 'Because,' she said, 'they are dangerous, and you are inquiring and adventurous.' [Illustration: And from balloons 162-130] 'To tell you the truth,' he said, 'I have been up in a balloon. I thought it the most disarming excursion I ever made. I have thought of going up again. I have invented a valve------' 'O heavens!' she exclaimed. 'But I have your promise touching horses, and carriages, and sails, and balloons.' 'You have,' he said. 'It shall be strictly adhered to.' She rose to return to the house. But this time he would not part with her, and they returned together.