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44 My Saturdays. “Tt is I,” he said, brokenly, sitting down again. ‘I: nobody else.” “Tf it is so, will you not refrain from hurting her more ?” **T never will—never again. My own true, loving darling!” “Then you must be silent and self-controlled now. If you pour out your feelings to Rhoda, you will give her a wound from which she may never recover. She has no suspicion of the wrong that your thoughts have done her; she never must suspect it, or you will insult her afresh.” There was a long pause, and then he answered: “ You are quite right, Mrs. Singleton ; I will take your advice. Now, if you please, I will look for my wife.” He spoke in a composed and manly tone, and stood up again. Just then Rhoda rushed in, alone. “IT have been looking for you everywhere, Edwin, and then I heard that you had been unwell, and given up your game, so I guessed you were indoors. One of your dreadful headaches, I see. Poor dear! is it very bad?” She knelt beside him, and placed one hand on his forehead. He seemed unable to speak, but put his arm round her, and rested his head on her shoulder. She laid her cheek softly upon his hot fore- head. ‘The Professor’s eyes were closed, but I saw two tears steal from under their lids. I slipped quietly away. V. THERE 1s not much more to tell. After that day, everything went on with smoothness. Professor Lingard called upon Archibald in due form on Monday, the latter having honoured me with an additional day’s visit, in order to ‘‘see the thing through.” I was not present at the interview, thinking it better to keep out of the Professor’s way just then; but it went off well. He thanked Archibald with all the graceful courtesy which he could so easily command, and entered into the discussion of details in a practical and business-like manner. So, at least, I gathered, as my nephew pronounced him a far more sensible fellow than he had thought, and a thorough gentleman. In process of time all the articles came out, as well as another upon the Cypriotes themselves, and their various characteristics. It was delightful to see how the Lingards flourished on their small successes. ‘The Professor seemed to grow taller and carry himself ' straighter with every time that he saw his name in print; he was always busy now, preparing something for the press, and had no time to be unwell. Archibald put it into a well-known publisher’s head to bring out a Handy Book on Cyprus; and the Professor, whose Spirits were rising high, actually went himself to interview the great man, and offer to write it. In spite of Archie’s declarations of the uselessness of influence, I am pretty sure that he exerted a little; at CORNICE OOOKS (EO)