I would have brought them together myself, could I have but gone to London; but, failing that, I fancied Lady Kirkbank would have divined my wishes without being told them, and would have introduced Hartfield to Lesbia; and now the London season is drawing to a close, and Hartfield and Lesbia have never met.

He was pitying "poor Miss Taylor," and magnifying the half-mile's distance that separated Hartfield from Mr. Weston's place, Randalls, when a visitor walked in.

'Is young Lord Hartfield like his father?' 'No, he takes after the Ilmingtons; but still there is a look of your old sweetheartyes, I think there is an expression.

Something in his face, in the vibration of his deep voice, convinced Hartfield of his truth.

Viscount Haselden, alias Lord Maulevrier, held a long consultation with Lord Hartfield on the night of his grandmother's death, as to what steps ought to be taken in relation to the real Earl of Maulevrier: and it was only at the end of a serious and earnest discussion that both young men came to the decision that Lady Maulevrier's secret ought to be kept faithfully to the end.

His eyes glowered at Lord Hartfield under the heavy scowling brows; his bloodless lips worked convulsively.