in my room. He will be busy with his letters, we know, and I have promised Lord Allerton to drive out with him, so that every thing is convenient; though a married woman should never have a secret of her own, I think she ought to guard those of others when committed to her."
"But no good and wise person will burden with such a thing so young a woman as myself. Oh! Mary, what shall I do without you? surely I shall never be without a sister—but none can be to me what you have been!"
"We shall never be long parted, my precious Isabella," replied Mary, as she pressed her hand, and flew down stairs to fulfil her promise to Lord Allerton.
With a slow step, and tears in her eyes, Mrs. Glentworth, vaticinating trouble of some kind, proceeded to cut the string and break the seal of her pacquet. It consisted of several sheets of written paper, which enclosed a bracelet, the clasp of which was the miniature of a young and beautiful woman, dressed in a stile which, being classical, will be always becoming, the brown flowing hair curled on the forehead, but not so as to hide it, and being turned up behind to the crown of the head, was fastened with a diamond comb, and fell back in a profusion of ringlets.
"What a pretty woman! what a sweet smile!
