BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS,” "THE VALLEY OF A HUNDRED FIRES," &c. &c. "Out of God's choicest treasury we bring down IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1862. The right of Translation is reserved. THE LADIES OF LOVEL-LEIGH, 66 How CHAPTER I. many links of love there are, Sweet beings of unequal mould, And natures all dissimilar; The vile dross clasps the precious gold, The ever-beating waves embrace The warmest tints of sunset glow."-CALVERT. A SHADOW had passed over our father's face as the shadows of evening fall silently into the coming night. He was disturbed |