His voice broke; he could say no more. With a little fond cry she nestled close to him. "No, no," she whispered, "I will come away to your London as you wish." They sat on the steps leading to the second terrace, and the water nymph seemed to smile down on them as she bent to take her dive. They sat side by side, and mademoiselle's pretty head rested against his shoulder. [Illustration: G. G. Manton With a little cry she nestled close to him.] "But, _petite_, you love your home so----" "My home is wherever you are, monsieur." "You did not think so once, _chérie_." "Ah! but then you were 'shall' and 'must'"--pouting--"and now--now you are different." He smiled tenderly. He thought he understood now. "We will live part of the year here and part in London. There, my little one--will that do?" "Ah, yes, perfectly!" "Come now for a little walk," he said, for he had something in his mind. He stopped in one of the twisting paths down which they had so often wandered, and looked at the old château. "That ivy is too thick to be healthy," he said, "but" (sighing), "you like it--it must stop." Now that same ivy had been the cause of their biggest quarrel before that last biggest one of all. "It shall be cut," cried mademoiselle, smiling up at him, "and at once!" He looked down into her eyes adoringly. The scent of the roses wrapped them round with softest sweetness. He smiled at her tenderly. Yes, he understood now. He had found the way to rule her. GREAT ANNIVERSARIES. _IN APRIL._ April claims an anniversary which all Englishmen are presumed to honour. April 23rd is St. George's Day, and St. George is the patron saint of England. Yet he was not, so far as we know, an Englishman. He is said to have been a centurion in the army of Diocletian, and to have been roasted alive for pulling down a copy of the decree ordering the infamous persecution associated with Diocletian's name. That distinction is disputed in the interests of another person; but the fact remains that St. George was held in conspicuous honour by the early Church. His particular place as the patron of the English dates from the Crusades. The story of George and the Dragon has no relation to the incident which couples him to the English. Some authorities have identified this St. George with a certain George of Cappadocia, Arian Bishop of Alexandria; but Mr. Baring-Gould rejects with indignation the proposal to confound the patron saint of England with a heretic. We are on the ground, not of legend, but of history, in recalling St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was born about 1033. His day is April 21st. [Illustration: (_Photo: A. F. Colbourne, Canterbury._) ST. ANSELM'S CHAPEL, CANTERBURY.] [Illustration: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. (_The Stratford-on-Avon Portrait._)] [Illustration: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. (_From the Tablet in Grasmere Church._)]