And then, before Pewsbury had had time to recover from the excitement of poor Oliver Tropenell's tragic end, and from the announcement, given under such painful and dramatic circumstances, of his mother's forthcoming marriage to Lord St. Amant, yet another thrilling sensation was provided for the inhabitants of the little town. This was the surprising news that Mrs. Winslow had married again! The fortunate man was, it seemed, a certain Mr. Greville Howard, one of the largest subscribers to the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund, a gentleman, therefore, of evident social standing and wealth. The ceremony had taken place at St. James's, Piccadilly, in the presence of a few friends of the bridegroom, and the happy pair had gone straight off to Mr. Howard's villa in the South of France. There Harber, Mrs. Winslow's faithful factotum, was to join her mistress as soon as she had made the necessary arrangements for the disposal, by auction, of the furniture at Rosedean. Of that furniture two objects were at the last moment withdrawn from the sale--one was a china cabinet, and the other a rather curious-looking old chandelier, both associated, so it was understood, with the new Mrs. Greville Howard's youth. The auctioneer regretted these omissions from the catalogue, for by bad luck they were the only objects in the house which a big London dealer had come specially down to see, and for which he had intimated that he was prepared to give a very good price. THE END Transcriber's Notes: Repeated part titles have been deleted. Obsolete spellings and alternate spellings of words (e.g., dulness) have been retained. Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. On page 36, the [oe] ligature was replaced with "oe". On page 137, "Bayton" was replaced with "Baynton". On page 148, a period was added after "drew a piece of notepaper towards him". On page 159, "kindess" was replaced with "kindness". On page 160, "contributary" was replaced with "contributory". On page 239, "wainting" was replaced with "waiting". On page 279, "lov" was replaced with "love". On page 300, "affectionte" was replaced with "affectionate". On page 329, "whispred" was replaced with "whispered". On page 352, "Olive" was replaced with "Oliver". On page 355, "a great deal as as" was replaced with "a great deal as". On page 361, "expresson" was replaced with "expression".