We have not described Miss Henderson as a faultless model of the fair sex, though peradventure some of our readers may imagine that the instance which we have above related of her elevated generosity is a specimen of very sublime virtue, and hardly compatible with any but a faultless or almost faultless character. From this sublimity we must however detract something by stating two important facts, which somewhat let down the dignity and pure disinterestedness of the surrender. The facts are these: that in the first place, Miss Henderson had every reason to suppose that she had no chance of obtaining Mr. Tippetson for herself; and that in the second place, fearing this loss, she had provided herself with a new flame and a fresh object of admiration in the person of Markham. It is very mortifying to think that such is the weakness of our nature, such the constitution of humanity, that we can scarcely ever quote a specimen of the greatness of the human mind without being shocked by the vicinity of some corresponding littleness. So it ever must be: mountains imply vallies; and the higher the former, the deeper are the latter. The circumstances which led to an acquaintance between Miss Henderson and Horatio Markham were these. Markham, as we have said, hastened to town after paying due respects to his friends in the country, and set seriously to work to recover lost time. But though the young gentleman was very diligent and assiduous in applying to business, he did not let it so far occupy all his thoughts and all his time as to omit an attendance at church. Like the rest of the world who go to church, he was much better pleased with that which amuses than with that which instructs; and though Mr. Henderson's chapel was at an inconvenient distance from Markham's chambers, yet the young gentleman was so partial to fine preaching, that he did not hesitate to take a very long walk for the sake of hearing a very fine sermon. By some accident, it so happened that he sat in the same seat which was formerly occupied by Mr. Tippetson. When Mr. Tippetson had deserted that seat, Miss Henderson thought that it looked very gloomy, and her heart swelled nigh unto bursting; but when the seat was occupied by Markham, that pew did not look so dreary. Markham was not so nice a man as Mr. Tippetson, nor did he look so very earnestly at Miss Henderson; but he did look at her once or twice, and that was better than nothing. He was also very attentive to the preaching, and that was a recommendation to Miss Henderson. Markham attended the chapel regularly, and by degrees Miss Henderson thought him a very sensible man; for she observed that, whenever any very splendid tropes, figures, or metaphors, were uttered by her pa, the young gentleman looked particularly well pleased. This raised him in her estimation very highly; for she was certain that he was a man of taste as well as of superior understanding. Sometimes, and on some occasions, Mr. Henderson