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350 REYNOLDS’ WORKS “ But out of that fifty thousand,” said the duke, ‘‘ would you pay me back the twenty-five you wish me to advance? ”’ Armytage hesitated for a moment, and then said, “‘ Yes, my lord, I will,” but it was in a way as if he thought to him- self that if he did repay the sum he could speedily have it back again in case of need. ‘“ T do not think, Travers, that you would deceive me — ”’ ~ ELay, my lord, be careful about that name. I don’t know how it is, but of late your Grace has frequently annpee it inadvertently.” “Yes, I am afraid I have,’ answered the duke, in an specter dd manner. ‘“ Well, come to me at ten o’clock to- morrow morning, and you shall have the amount. But remember, it is to be repaid in the course of a few days, for if not, it would put me to a serious inconvenience. And pray, Armytage, mind what you are about, or you will ruin yourself. Do your daughter and her husband know of these difficulties? ”’ “Heaven forbid, my lord!” replied Armytage. “Zoe has gone abroad.” ‘Gone abroad?” ejaculated Marchmont. ‘“ Of course her husband has accompanied her — ”’ ‘No, she has gone alone, — that is to say, with only two female servants.”’ “And what is the meaning of this?” cried the duke; ‘you don’t intend me to understand that she is separated from her husband? ”’ “Nothing of the sort, my lord,’ returned Armytage. ‘Meredith was most anxious to accompany her, but she begged and implored that she might go alone. Her health has been failing for some little time past, and the physicians ordered her to visit a more genial clime. Meredith and I were compelled to let her have her own way, for if we had refused it would only have agitated her and rendered her worse. I think that she is the least thing inclined to be fanciful, — not exactly hypochondriacal, — but she has got it into her head that a few months’ complete seclusion in the south of France or in Italy will put her completely to rights.”’ “Then, in that case,’’ observed the duke, “it was much better to let her have her own way.”’ “This is what I represented to Meredith,” said Mr. Army- tage, “‘ but I had a great deal of trouble in persuading him CONNIE NCO KS