"I settled everything with Mrs. Grey while you were putting on your bonnet," replied he, "She said I might have her consent if I could obtain yours; and I asked her, in case I should be so happy, to come and live with us—for I was sure you would like it better; but she refused, saying she could now afford to employ an assistant, and would continue the school till she could purchase an annuity sufficient to maintain her in comfortable lodgings: and meantime she would spend her vacations alternately with us and your sister, and should be quite contented if you were happy. And so now I have overruled your objections on her account. Have you any other?"
"No—none."
"You love me then?" said he, fervently pressing my hand.
"Yes."
Here I pause. My diary, from which I compiled these pages, goes but little farther. I could go on for years; but I will content myself with adding, that I shall never forget that glorious Summer evening, and always remem-
