Mrs. Chambers’ “letter” arrived the following morning, and although somewhat more pressure had to be brought to bear on Miss Mason, her confession was received in due time. Both were enclosed to Mr. Mayhew, who was to read them and forward them to Monkswood. “Now she will, she must give in,” thought her husband. “In two months her letter will be out here, and in three, please goodness, I shall be in England.” It is hardly necessary to state that the whole story of the practical joke was all over Cheetapore in less than two days. Captain Fox was by no means reticent on the subject, which was soon known to all the Dragoons, and from them filtered to the cantonment in general. Sir Reginald was the object of universal sympathy, and interest was considerably augmented by the rumoured youth and beauty of his wife. The whole incident had a romantic flavour about it that gratified the jaded palates of the Cheetapore _monde_, and it afforded them an universally interesting nine-days’ wonder. As to Miss Mason, the place was literally too hot to hold her. She and her colleague were put into “Coventry” forthwith. Finding such a position unbearable, she took the earliest opportunity of leaving the station and going on a long visit “up country.” But wherever she went the story was whispered with various additions, _cela va sans dire_; and to the end of her life she will have good reason to regret her _practical joke_. END OF VOL. I. CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. PRICE ONE SHILLING, SWEETHEARTS BY THE SEA BEING THE Summer Number for 1882 OF TINSLEY’S MAGAZINE. _CONTENTS._ =A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.= By MABEL COLLINS, Author of “Too Red a Dawn,” “An Innocent Sinner,” &c. =FLAT REBELLION.= A Jersey Story. By BYRON WEBBER, Author of “In Luck’s Way,” “Pigskin and Willow,” &c. =AFRICAN AND IRISH TIGERS.= By JESSIE SALE LLOYD, Author of “We Costelions,” “The Silent Shadow,” &c. =THE WRECK OF THE DINGLE.= By JAMES O’DONOGHUE. =HILDA’S VICTORY.= By ANNABLE GRAY, Author of “Twixt Shade and Shine,” “Margaret Dunbar,” &c. =ON THE COAST OF CLARE.= By RICHARD DOWLING, Author of “The Duke’s Sweetheart,” “A Sapphire Ring,” &c. =A DOUBLE KNOCK AND A BLOW.= By W. W. FENN, Author of “Blindman’s Holiday,” “After Sundown,” &c. =MR. WALKER’S LUGGAGE.= By EDMUND DOWNEY. =HOW HE DISCOVERED IT.= By Mrs. ALFRED PHILLIPS, Author of “Benedicta,” &c. =A PAIR OF ----= By ALBANY DE FONBLANQUE, Author of “Pious Frauds,” &c. SIX WHOLE-PAGE ENGRAVINGS. _PRICE ONE SHILLING._ TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND. _And at all Booksellers and Railway Stalls._ NEW NOVELS AT EVERY LIBRARY.