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mee ARGOS Y. SEPTEMBER, 1881. COURT NETHERLEIGH. BY MRS. HENRY WOOD, AUTHOR OF “EAST LYNNE.” face oma CHAPTER XXV. SEPARATION. PXACING his library at Chenevix House, in almost the same per- plexity that was tormenting his mind when we first met him in this history, strode the Earl of Acorn. ‘The cause of disquiet was not the same. ‘Then it had arisen from a want of cash; now it was the trouble connected with his daughter Adela. By the mantel-piece, erect and noble as ever, but with a countenance full of pain, stood Mr. Grubb. He could scarcely speak without betraying his emotion. Lord Acorn was agitated also—and that is a great deal to say of hzm. Mr. Grubb had come this morning to inform Lord Acorn of the separation he had ‘resolved upon; and to submit its terms for his approval. Never, he said, would he live with his wife again. After what had recently passed, and after the years of penance he had en- dured, he could only put her away from him. “And, egad, it is what I should do myself,” thought the Earl. But he did not say so. He said just the opposite. “ Must this be, Grubb? Cannot she and you make—make it up —or something ?” “ Never again,” was the decisive answer. ‘Could you, looking at matters impartially, ws me to do it? Though, as her father, perhaps it is too much to expect you to exercise an impartial judgment,” considerately added Mr. Grubb. “T don’t excuse her; mind that, Grubb. And I acknowledge—I'll be shot if I can help saying it—that some men would have put her away before this. She has behaved ill to you; no doubt of it; but she is young and light-headed, and will learn sense with time. Can’t . there be some modification ? ” ‘Not any,” spoke Mr. Grubb. ‘The pain this decision has caused VOL. XXXII. M ECoOnnicloooks (C©) An