"Is your step-mother congenial to you?"

"

My new step-mother is-my step-mother; and I have no doubt that she is quite as congenial to me as I am to her. She's very young and very pretty, and I am in her way-and she shows that I am in her way. But you must not imagine from that statement that she either beats me or starves me," she added, laughing.

Then the half hour was up, and they left off sauntering, and hastily retraced their steps into Sedgwick.

It was past one when Miss Delany and Gerald entered the little town, and during the whole hour that they had been together not a word had been said between them that would not just as satisfactorily have been left unsaid. Their being together had been such a poor pleasure that the proceeding was already robbed of all its criminality in Nina's eyes; while as for Gerald Barrington, by reason of being baffled. he was feeling more infatuated, more in love, more hopeless and miserable than ever.

Moreover, now that it had come to the point, he felt the full awkwardness of meeting a lot of people whom he knew, in the street, after that hour's solitary stroll with Nina. "Why didn't I do as she wished, and come here straight from the station?" he thought, self-reproachfully. "If I hear her gabbled about, it will be all up with my peace of mind."

"I must do my shopping now," Nina said, "I want to go to a glass shop and a bookseller's."

"You must have luncheon. We may as well go and have it before your shopping," he said.

"I don't care for luncheon," Nina replied. But, i truth, she was very hungry, and she only said she did not care for luncheon because she did not know where it would be well for her to go, and what it would be well for her to do.

"Here; we can go into this confectioner's," Mr. Barrington said, pausing at the door of a pastry-cook's shop. But even as he spoke there was borne out upon the air such an odour of rancid butter, greasy pastry, strong soup, and burned sugar that Nina revolted and refused to enter.

"No-that's impossible," Gerald Barrington said hastily; "there are dead flies about on everything. But you must have some luncheon; you're pale and worn out. Come on; I know another place." And he led her on to the corner of the High-street, and pulled up at the entrance of a comfortable inn.

"But this is an-an hotel," Nina said hesitatingly.

"I needn't assure you that it is a thoroughly respectable one, Miss Delany," he said, ushering her in. And then he called for a private room, and Nina, with burning cheeks, walked in and took possession of it.

He ordered luncheon, and, there being the customary delay, in about a quarter of an hour he went out to hurry it. Presently Nina, anxiously listening to every sound, heard his voice in the passage.

"Yes, I came in by the twelve o'clock train. I fancied I saw you on the platform, Mrs. Simcox, but I was not quite sure."

"That was not Mrs. Barrington with you, was it?" a shrill female voice, pitched in a high key, replied.

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No, I came alone."

"But you were not alone. I said to Mrs. Verney, Look that is not Mrs. Barrington-that lady standing by Mr. Barrington ?" But before Mrs. Verney could look you had passed out of sight."

Really, there were so many ladies standing near me on the platform that I am at a loss to identify the one you mean, Mr. Barrington said good-humouredly. And Nina, who heard him say it, almost groaned as she muttered to herself, "He has to prevaricate in order to shield me."

"I am worn out with the heat and the fatigue of going from shop to shop," Mrs. Simcox then said, in a dilapidated tone. "You would scarcely believe what I have to do, Mr. Barrington, when I come into Sedgwick. Fortunately for you, you don't know what providing for a large family means.'

Poor

Miss Delany heard Mrs. Simcox utter this sentence, and experienced intense relief from so hearing. Nina thought that the excellent lady with the inquiring mind was ceasing from her quest of the "something which Mr. Barrington was concealing from her. Alas! Mrs. Simcox was only the more surely on the track.

"I mustn't keep you standing any longer," Gerald Barrington said courteously.

"I shall be glad to go and sit down while I'm waiting for the train," Mrs. Simcox said piteously. "I came here for some luncheon, but I can't get a room; has anyone got that room you came out of ?"

"Yes," Gerald said boldly; "it is already taken." "And have you failed in getting a private room-not that it matters for a gentleman ?"

"Yes, I have a room," Gerald said, getting himself into a deplorable difficulty through speaking the truth.

Then let me-I'm an old woman, and it doesn't matter, you know-join you, Mr. Barrington. Iam sure your wife would be the first to advise me to do it; where have you ordered luncheon!"

A waiter coming up at the moment, with a tray full of viands in his hands, heard the interrogation, threw the door of the room in which Nina was sitting open, and stepped back, in order to let Mrs. Simcox walk in. Mrs. Simcox was in the room before Gerald could remonstrate. And Miss Delany was surveying the intruder with flashing eyes and flushing cheeks, but with a confused, agitated air withal, that looked like guilt.

"I beg your pardon, Mr. Barrington," Mrs. Simcox said, with offensive emphasis, looking quickly from Nina to Gerald. "I wouldn't on any account-exceedingly awkward, I am sure." And the lady turned in the midst of her condemnatory, affectedly apologetic mutterings to leave the room.

•You need not apologise to me," Mr. Barrington said boldly. Then he remembered that the fine-eared waiter was present, and if he said the room was not his (Gerald's). but Miss Delany's, that the truth would be questioned and canvassed in the hotel kitchen, bar, and stable-yard. So he paused, and Mrs. Simcox took advantage to bustle, with awfully significent haste, out of the room. Then the waiter withdrew-merely to the other side of the doorwhen something interested him at the hinges, and Miss Delany spoke :

"The first links of a chain of unpleasantness formed by my own folly; that woman will see that I suffer from my indiscretion.'

"Don't speak so bitterly," he said imploringly. "I blaming yourself you blame me so heavily. Who could have foreseen this; and, after all, it is nothing."

"No; nothing," she said, shaking her head slowly, and looking at him. But it's just one of the nothings that bud into mischief and misery. It's all nothing. We came here for nothing definitely; we have said and done nothing satisfactory; and now-well, it's no use moralising." She rose up hastily, drew near to the table, and commenced eating her luncheon; but he saw that her eyes were full of tears, and that her hand trembled.

While he sat gazing at her dejectedly, she lifted her eyes to his face, and, seeing the pain depicted there, she pitiel him more than herself, and so said:

"Whatever comes of this outbreak of mistaken judg ment on our-on my part, Mr. Barrington, you will find that I have a heart for any fate, and that I don't much care for misrepresentation; still, if I may venture to advise you- She paused; and he said quickly : "Do! Whatever you suggest 1 will do only too gladly." "Then, I say, tell your wife, as soon as you get home. that you met me here, and that you looked after my comfort. The simple truth often takes the sting out of the most subtle mischief-making. Promise me you will

tell her."

He had promised her that whatever she suggested he would do gladly; but this suggestion of hers was as it happened, just the very one that was peculiarly unpalatable to him. He would willingly do anything, save tell his wife that Nina, in order to oblige him, had been guilty of an error of judgment. Accordingly, he hesitated to give the promise she asked for; and, at length, gave it conditionally.

I will tell her if I think it necessary," he said. And it was borne in upon Nina that there was an element of weakness in the nature of this old love of hers. She was stung suddenly by a feeling that she had loved something less than herself-always an unpleasant conviction.

The time came for them to walk down to the station to catch the train that should carry them back to Ardleigh, and they walked down and caught the train and were carried back to Ardleigh; still without saying one word that they might not just as easily and properly have said before a concourse of people; still without arriving at anything like a satisfactory conclusion concerning the mystery of that parting in the past which they had come out avowedly to solve. When they took leave of each other at Ardleigh, Nina looked weak, weary, and worn out, and disgusted with herself and every one else; and she felt as she looked.

It was late in the afternoon when Miss Delany reached the Vicarage. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon were out riding, but they had left word that, if she liked to go and meet them, they were gone to Cranborough, and on the Cranbrough road she would surely find them. A horse was standing in the stable ready to be saddled for her use. "Cranborough! I don't know which is the Cranborough road," she said to the servant who gave her the message. "What is Cranborough-a village or a town?"

"It's Mrs. Simcox's place, please, Miss." the servant answered promptly. "Mrs. Simcox is a widow lady, and Cranbrook is a most beautiful place, Miss, if you haven't chanced to see it."

Miss Delany hadn't chanced to see it-did not care to chance to see either it or its owner, at the mention of whose name her heart sickened with a dread that she scarcely dared to own.

"The saddle needn't be put on," she said; "I'm tired. Bring a cup of tea to my room. and then let me be undisturbed until it's time to dress for dinner."

She went upstairs and threw herself upon her bed, and wrestled with a devil of unjust indignation. The Eldons would see that prying, intrusive, narrow-minded, inquisitive Mrs. Simcox, and would hear her garbled account of the meeting at Sedgwick, and Gertrude would be influenced by it, and would hold her (Nina) to blame! It was altogether unfair and uncalled for. "I should be wanting in what is due to myself if I pandered to a taste for idle gossip by offering up a confession to Mrs. Eldon as soon as she comes home," Miss Delaney thought, hotly. "I have done nothing that I would not do again tomorrow" (this was untrue). "If Gertrude is capable of listening to anything against an old friend of her hus band's that is uttered by a reeent acquaintance, she does not deserve that I should confide in her in the smallest degree." So for a while the devil of unjust indignation had it all his own way with Miss Delany.

She was still hot, weary, wrathful, and exhausted when the maid came to tell her that it was time to dress for dinner. "Missus was home, and nearly ready," she added; so she could stay and help Miss Delany, if Miss Delany required her services. So Nina's toilet was soon made, and then she went down to face the Eldons.

Mrs. Eldon was very much engaged with a spray of luxuriant rebellious roses that had crept in at the open window as Nina entered the room. Frank, who was standing near his wife, ceased speaking, and turned and smiled at Miss Delany as she came near to them; but his smile was less free and unstrained than usual, and Nina felt the change keenly.

"Have you had a pleasant ride, Gertrude? I was too tired to come and meet you," she said as unconcernedly as she could.

"The ride was not unpleasant," Mrs. Eldon answered. "Oh, Dinner! I'm so glad," and Nina felt that she had been maligned by Mrs. Simcox.

[To be continued.]

l'eople who suffer from the mal du mer will be glad to know that, according to the latest statements in the medical papers, Nitrite of Amylis "curative in at least 90 per cent. of all cases treated." So, at least, says Mr. Clapham, who has the credit of introducing the drugs to the notice of the profession, though it must be added that not more than two or three drops should be taken, except under medical advice. It seems very much like playing with edged tools.

FANCY DRESS FRISKS.

A writer in the Whitehall Review says:-Just now there seems a rage for fancy balls. Of course I was anxious to taste this experience, and, with my usual luck, backed by Lady Timewell's influence, I succeeded. The scene reminded me of a Japanese screen; it was a perfect medley of colours, and like a Chinese puzzle with all the bits in the wrong places. Naturally the artistic and æsthetic people revelled in the occasion. Theatrical wardrobes had been ransacked, and knights in a complete coat of mail stalked and clanked, cavaliers frowned, Henry the Eighths laughed, and French cooks flitted in every direction. It was fancy run wild, without reason or respectability to control it. A short, snub-nosed man represented Faust, with his eyebrows terribly corked, a gaunt young lady wore a dirty white tarlatan dress, with a few old flowers and bits of straw stuck here and there about it, and proclaimed herself Ophelia. People went about asking one another, "What are you?" "Oh, don't yon see I'm Oliver Cromwell?" "To be sure, and I'm the housemaid. Do you perceive a cotton gown and an apron?-its simple and inexpensive." A stately redhaired Queen Elizabeth leant on the arm of a Spanish peasant, with his face artificially browned, and a largehatted, powdered young lady in limp cream-coloured muslin, looked tenderly into the eyes of a tight-coated Incroyable with an enormous bouquet in his button-hole. Washed out shepherdesses walked about with stuffed lambs under their arms, and short-skirted Esmeraldas, closely following in the steps and graces of favourite actresses, shook their be-ribboned tambourines in their partner's faces. The company pushed and squeezed, pointed hats ran into ladies fat shoulders, and swords caught merrily in delicate lace flounces and tore them all to pieces. A professional beauty, with two mighty greased plaits down her back,. moved about with difficulty in a closely-clinging cashmere robe, as the Marguerite whose woes one always cries over at the Opera. It is a dress that looks better at the theatre, and requires the stage of Covent Garden for the proper arrangement of folds. Several ladies seem to have been only anxious to display all their diamonds, past, present, and future. They must certainly have laid their family and friends under contribution. Mamma chose to go as the Duchess of Kent, as she is represented in her picture with Princess Victoria. Scanty skirts, short sleeves, and hair all drawn up into a wisp at the top of the head, garnished by a feather sticking up like a lightning-conductor, is scarcely a becoming costume, I think; but the critics admired it amazingly, and said it was very correct in every particular. In fact, the great aim seemed to be, not to choose a dress to suit the appearance, but to force yourself into the most extraordinary garment strictly antique and historical. I like the Japanese dresses. They were so like a nursery clothes-horse with Mamma's patchwork quilt thrown over, and I had an irresistable longing to pull their pigtails. One gentleman lost his, and one of his moustaches fell off in waltzing; he did not notice it, and danced on quite unconcernedly. I was not going to make a guy of myself, so I wore an exceedingly becoming Swiss dress with a little black velvet bodice to show off my waist, and I had the pleasure of hearing several people say, in audible tones, "Who is that pretty girl?" It seems the correct thing to make personal remarks in a loud voice; I suppose it is a sop to Cerberus, or a cure for vanity, according to circumstances.

I have seen some pretty children's dresses prepared for a season which has proved to be only adapted for homespun and serge. In the expectation of some mild weather, the following costumes were made. The under-skirts are of black sateen quilted in fine diamonds; a sort of watteau-shaped tunic falls over this, made of sateen resembling old china. Around cape of black cashmere, and edged with black satin plissé is worn over the tunic, and the hat is Dolly Varden shape covered with old china sateen and trimmed with black satin. The sleeves are what are termed three-quarters in length. Oxford shoes, black silk stockings, and black mittens are worn with these tasteful dresses.

The pinafore dresses are as ugly and dowdy for children as for grown-up people. Like the chiton they are superfluous, and appear to have been adopted to hide the shabbiness of, or to save, the under-dress. Some of these pinafores have stiff frills of embroidery, which stand up on the shoulders like epaulettes. I have only seen one which looked artistic; and that had a plain hem at the top, in which tape was run, so as to compress the cambric to the shape of the bust.

I saw an elegant washing-dress lately of pale mauve linen, trimmed with the most delicate white appliqué work. Flat bands of this were placed wherever an edge of the material would have been shown, and the same trimming formed deep cuffs and wide collar. Another showy, but eccentric costume was made of tussore silk, with trimmings and drapery of gaily-coloured bandanas. This dress would suit a Creole or very dark brunette, but it does not commend itself to the English taste.

A more substantial style of costume was worn recently by a lovely lady, who would, but for her retirement, compete with any of the more obtrusive beauties of the day. She wore a plain princesse dress, fastened at the back, of striped velvet and silk in dark brown. A cape fell to the shoulders of rich white lace, and frills of the same edged the dress. Her hat was white, of the Rembrandt shape, over which some beautiful ostrich feathers fell, and a border like that of a baby's bonnet in satin riband and lace was placed under the hat as a frame-work to the lovely face.

Sojourners at the English watering-places last year will remember that rush hats, similar to those worn by field labourers in the south of England and the north of France, were used by little children, trimmed with gay riband. The best milliners are now showing rush hats for ladies and children, formed after fashionable models, of which the Pamela is perhaps the favourite. These hats are trimmed most simply with a bow and strings of bright scarlet, navy blue, or dead green, any of which shades contrast admirably with the brown shade of the st This style of hat is as remarkable for its lightness a cheapness,

I have seen a pretty French dress of very fin with the revers of the tunic, the waistcoat-po cuffs made of rich black satin, exquisitely am with black silk. The petticoat was of plain L The bonnet for this costume was a large covered with black satin and numberl

The death of the Prince Imperial has thrown so many families into mourning, both in this country and in France. that novelties in black have been eagerly sought for. Indian cashmere is one of the most satisfactory fabrics for ordinary wear; it is as soft as fine flannel, and the roughness of its surface is particularly becoming to thin figures. A kilted dress of this material, with three rows of inch-wide riband on the kilting is effective. The riband may be of silk or satin, according to the degree of mourning implied.

The soft material called Satin de Lyons adapts itself well to the present mode of dress, as it drapes elegantly. Very charming princesse dresses can be made of this, with a thick fringed-out ruching round the bottom of the skirt. Another handsome edging to a princesse robe is made of cross-cut silk nearly nine inches wide, with about a dozen fine runnings and a narrow heading at each edge. Little girls' dresses are pretty made in this style, but for them the trimming must be much narrower.

Black grenadine is much worn this summer, and there are two or three new materials of similar text suitable for the paniers style, which can only be made effective in pliable fabrics. Close plissés of Breton or blonde lace are used for edging the paniers, which are made sometimes in three layers, each of which must be trimmed. Fringe is occasionally placed below the lace. Ribbed velvet and gauze is used for sleeves, and for the trimmings of black dresses. It is a sensible plan to have sleeves of this material for a black silk costume, in addition to those belonging to the dress, as the thinner sleeves make a change and are cooler than those of silk. Velvet dresses can be adapted to warm weather by the use of these striped sleeves of the same shade as the original garment.

The disposition of a lady can almost be recognised this year by her choice of a hat or bonnet. Some of the shapes are tasteful and elegant, whilst others are meaningless and inexpressibly vulgar. One shape that hails from Paris resembles a flat plate and is carried at the back of the head, acting as neither a shade nor a protection from the cold. No face could look anything but bold and assertive with such a background, and it is to be hoped that English girls will repudiate a style of headdress so thoroughly unfitted for them.

TO OUR LADY READERS.

GREAT deal of taste is requisite with the numerous

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wear, and there is no excuse to wear now what is not only suited to one's person but to the pocket as well. Before me lie numerous samples of summer fabrics from the establishment of Messrs. Spence and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard, from 10 to 4s. the yard, which are all so pretty and ladylike, that I am really puzzled where to commence; however, as cachemires are almost a lady's favourite material, suppose we mention them first. They vary in prices from 1s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. the yard, 48 inches wide; but at 2s. 3d. and 2s. 9d. they are as good as one could wish to wear for summer toilettes. In the samples at 2s. 3d. I notice all the new shades in fawn and brown, roseau, or red-green, now so fashionable; also the new pink poussière de corail (coral dust), which would make up admirably for evening wear, as well as ciel blue and creme.

The samples at 2s. 9d. and 3s. 6d. are of exquisitely soft wool and very fine, so that they look equal to silk when worn, and contain shades of the new browns, blues, and paon greens, as well as the new bright red vieux rouge.

The black cachemires are equally as cheap, ranging from 1s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. the yard, 48 inches wide; the one at 2s. 6d. is very good as to quality and colour, but at 2s. 114d. and 3s. 6d. no better could be wished for, as they are so fine and of a rich black dye. A serviceable, stylish, and inexpensive dress could be made of these cachemires, trimmed Pekin velvet or Cyprus silk, another specialité of this house. I have just noticed a new damask material, composed entirely of satin, price 4s. 11d. the yard; the first sample has a sky blue satin ground, with minute ecru flowers and foliage running all over it; the next has a vielle or ground and cream flowers; the next a rich bronze ground and pale blue flowers, and so on; the effect this damask has upon plain silk or cachemire is past description. Another damassée in all the newest shades has flowers and berries on the surface in shades of lemon, paon green, fawn, etc.,; one of giraffe brown silk has leaves of the same colour in satin, with pale blue berries, and would make up very effective, while it is inexpensive, only 2s. 11 d. the yard.

In corduroy velveteens I have numerous samples in grey brown, blue, green, bronze and ruby, at 2s. 9d., while the broche corduroy far exceeds any velvet material for quaintness and price, 3s. 4d the yard. specialité of this establishment is velveteen, which is dyed in all the new tints from 1s. 11d. to 3s. 9d. the yard; among the samples at 1s. 11d. are some rich shades of prune and ruby, and at 2s. 11d. are shades of mauve, purple, paon green, and good blacks.

Pompadour fabrics are all the rage this season, and Messrs. Spence have forwarded samples in various materials. The first I will mention is a sateen cloth, with gay jardinière patterns running over it; the ground work is in solid colours of fawn, grey, giraffe, black, etc., with prettily-grouped sprays of satin woven in. Washing materials have never reached such perfection as they have this season, and the Pompadour sateens at 1s. 3d. the yard, 33 inches wide, really equal satin in appearance; they are wonderfully soft and effective, and if made stylishly, and trimmed lace and loops of ribbon, no better or prettier toilette could be possible; they have not the least appearance of cotton, although they are all washable. The Pompadour cambrics are also pretty for country or sea-side wear, and are still cheaper than the sateens, being 103d. the yard, 35 inches wide; I notice several with tiny rose buds and forget-me-nots on, which for children's dresses are just the thing.

Money invested in a good black silk is money well spent ; there is an elegant simplicity about a black silk toilette that renders it available on most every occasion, by the addition of a little lace, ribbon, and jewellery; still much care is requisite in choosing a silk, and ladies should always patronise a well-known firm where the best goods are kept. Messrs. Spence and Co's. samples of silks range from 1s. 114d. to 12s. 9d., and are of the best Lyons make; of course, at Is. 114d. and 2s. 9d. one cannot expect much of a silk, but at 3s. 3d. a very good quality is supplied, suitable for walking skirts, trimmings, and such like. The sample before me marked 4s. 8d. I have looked at several times, really thinking I had made a mistake in the price, but it is

certainly marked 4s. 8d., and has such a rich cord, as well as substantial make, yet soft, that had it been marked 6s. or 7s. I should have thought it a fair price; therefore, at the extremely low figure of 4s. 8d. this silk should command a large sale, and those ladies requiring an inexpensive yet superior-looking sik should send for a sample, and I feel sure they will say hat a better silk for ordinary wear could not be wished for; is is not glacé, as one would expect, but a really rich corded Lyons make, which I recommend to my readers as being the cheapest and best silk that has come under my notice, and no one would regret investing in a dress of the same piece as the sample I am writing from. The higher priced silks are equally as cheap. Numerous enquiries have reached us respecting oatmeal cloth, and as some of our subscribers seem very anxious to learn all particulars of this much-advertised material, Messrs. Spence have enclosed me samples. It much resembles an oatmeal cake, hence its name, I suppose; it is of coarse threads woven in and out one another, one being crême cross with red, another ecru cross dark blue, and crême and brown, and all plain colours at 1s. 2 d. the yard, 30 inches wide; one red and white is very dressy, which would make up well for lawn tennis dresses, or for seaside, country or morning costumes; a coarser cloth in ecru, but which would make up very well, is 27 inches wide, at 83d.

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FINCHLEY (1144)—Ten minutes' walk from East End Station, a comfortable Leasehold Semi-detached Residence, with five bedrooms, bath and dressing room, dining and drawing rooms, conservatory, gardens, and pleasure grounds, two-stall stable, &c., in all nearly half-an-acre.

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HIGHGATE. North Grove. (1189)-A Substantially erected Leasehold Family Residence, close to the High-road, containing cleven bedrooms, dinner, drawing and billiard rooms, library, &c.; good domestic offices, lawn, garden, &c.

MUSWELL HILL (1213)-An attractive Bijou Residence in this picturesque suburb, beautifully finished, well timbered and arranged grounds, paddock, stabling, &c.

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FINCHLEY. East End. (1137)-A Handsome Mansion, built in Queen Anne Style, surrounded with pleasure grounds, capital stabling. Rent £265 per annum, on lease.

FINCHLEY. Fortis Green. (1183)-As described under. To be sold. Rent £250 per annum, on lease.

FINCHLEY (1036)-A convenient Detached Residence, pleasantly situate. Rent £65 per annum.

FINCHLEY (1144)-A comfortable Residence, described under. To be Sold. Rent £90 per annum.

FINCHLEY. Torrington Park. (1200)-Detached Family Residence in the Style of Queen Anne, as described under. To be Sold. Rent £50 per annum.

FINCHLEY. Torrington Park. (1198)-Semi-detached Family Residence, described under. To be Sold. Rent £85.

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