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GRATIA’S TRIALS. 183 . ‘“What you think I.am worth, Miss Melworth—neither more nor less.” ‘“Twenty-five pounds a quarter? It is what I have given Marguerite.” “IT shall be more than satisfied.” ‘*And you will try me ?” ‘* Tf you will try me, Miss Melworth.” ‘*'To commence ?” “* Now.” ‘‘Good !” said Alicia, gravely. ‘‘ You havea mind of your own, and I like you for that. Go into my bedroom and find out where things are. I shall wear a green silk dress to-night. It hangs in yonder mirror-fronted wardrobe.” CHAPTER XXXIII. ‘SO NEAR, AND YET SO FAR!” Gratia Kempfield found Miss Melworth the sweetest and most indulgent of mistresses. The latter had at once per- ceived the native originality and cultivated refinement of her new attendant. ‘‘T shall make her more of a companion than a maid, mamma,” she said to Lady Melworth, speaking of her last acquisition. She is so nice, and so pretty.” ‘‘Don’t spoil her, my dear, I beg,” said Lady Melworth. ‘You remind me of your youthful raptures over the.latest new doll.” | ‘But she is a /ve doll ; and, oh, mamma, dont you think her pretty ?” ‘‘T think her rarely beautiful, Alicia; but in her class of life, I am not sure that beauty is altogether a blessing.” ‘‘In her class; mamma!” repeated Miss Melworth, arching her golden brows, ‘‘But what ¢ her class of life? You Eomichooks.co m