So Mr. Harding received a note begging him to call on Mr. Slope at the palace concerning the wardenship.

" The King granted a small part, namely, one virgate to "Herbert the Forester," before 1086, and this Herbert is generally supposed to have been the ancestor of those Lyndhursts who for so long held the wardenship of the Forest.

But no sooner had Mr. Slope promised Quiverful the wardenship, Mrs. Proudie writing at the same time to her protégée, Mrs. Quiverful, than he repented of the step he had taken.

"I shall certainly resign this wardenship," said Mr. Harding.