CHAPTER LIV.
The meeting between Lady Anne and Lord Rotheles was more affectionate than any other had been since the days of their infancy, and in the eyes of Helen more affecting also, for both were much reduced by sickness, and each so sensible of the change experienced by the other, as to wear in their expression that pity they might be said to need for themselves. She was, however, fully aware that every day renewed the health and strength of her uncle, whether it would do so by her mamma remained to be seen.
"You have left Georgiana with Mrs. Penrhyn, I apprehend," said the earl, "but it does not much signify where she is, as, of course, your determination has made her happiest of the happy."
"I have not said a syllable to her on the subject, nor to any one of my daughters, and I depend upon your honour to keep silence as well as your prudence. Hope has always been called the nurse of love, and as she appears to have quite sufficient of
