The ultimate closure of the works was due to a disastrous combination of circumstances, which took place about 1803-4. There was a decline in the art some few years previously. It became too showy and over-gilded. I said that the Lowestoft manufactory had no distinctive mark, nevertheless some pieces may be found bearing the painted initials "F. R." in capital letters, standing for "Frederick Rex" (the Great), and two other examples of marking are those of a head of Christ, which is inscribed "R. Allen, Lowestoft, aged 88, 1832," and a teapot (in hard paste) of Oriental design has the name "Allen" surmounting "Lowestoft," painted in red underneath it. (_To be continued._) ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLE. BY JESSIE MANSERGH (Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey), Author of "A Girl in Springtime," "Sisters Three," etc. CHAPTER VI. A week after this, Mrs. Saville came to pay her farewell visit before sailing for India. Mother and daughter went out for a long walk in the morning, and retired to the drawing-room together for the afternoon. There was much that they wanted to say to each other, yet for the most part they were silent, Peggy sitting with her head on her mother's shoulder, and Mrs. Saville's arms clasped tightly round her. Every now and then she stroked the smooth brown head, and sometimes Peggy raised her lips and kissed the cheek which leant against her own, but the sentences came at long intervals. "If I were ill, mother--a long illness, would you come?" "On wings, darling! As fast as boat and train could bring me." "And if you were ill?" "I should send for you if it were within the bounds of possibility, I promise that! You must write often, Peggy--long, long letters. Tell me all you do, and feel, and think. You will be almost a woman when we meet again. Don't grow up a stranger to me, darling." "Every week, mother! I'll write something each day, and then it will be like a diary. I'll tell you every bit of my life...." "Be a good girl, Peggy. Do all you can for Mrs. Asplin, who is so kind to you. She will give you what money you need, and if at anytime you should want more than your ordinary allowance, for presents or any special purpose, just tell her about it, and she will understand. You can have anything in reason; I want you to be happy. Don't fret, dearie. I shall be with father, and the time will pass. In three years I shall be back again, and then, Peg, then, how happy we shall be! Only three years."