heightened by an early disappointment; her affections were ardent, and impetuous; her friendships enthusiastic ; and her dislikes amounted to disgust and abhorrence; her purse and her ear were alike open to the call of distress; to her the child of misery never pleaded in vain-yet the eccentricity of her conduct almost overshadowed this fair character. She was a great reader, a great quoter of poetry; she was an anatomist, a botanist, a statuary, and--but let her future conduct speak for her-I will only inform the reader, that she was the only person who could possibly keep the haughty spirit of Mr. Nugent under any controul; and that, in spite of all her foibles, Mrs. Nugent was sincerely attached to her. The intro duction of Lewisham to these ladies, passed like most introductions, on similar occasions, with similar charac ters-Mrs. Nugent kindly endeavour

ing, by easy conversation, to make her husband's hauteur pass unnoticed; and Miss Nugent, with lively ease, and unsubdued spirits, ridiculing his reserve, until she, at length, forced him to say"Well, Arabella, I perceive you will not suffer us to conclude our business; we will, if you please, Mr. Netterville, defer it until the morning, when I shall be happy to see you in my study.""In the mean time," cried Miss Nugent," as you are the only beau in the castle, I shall not let you slip through my fingers so easily; so, Sir Knight, you will remain in durance vile for the rest of the day!" Lewisham bowed to her, and answered, "all corners else of the earth let Liberty make use of, space enough have I in such a prison."-" Gallant, upon honour, rejoined the lady, "you are the very fellow, to make such a place as this stupid old castle tolerable."-"Hold, Arabella !"

Arabella!' interrupted Mrs. Nugent, "stupid as you say this castle is, you know a certain gay lady has chosen it for her residence." O dear!" cried! Miss Nugent, "was there any great

choice left me? London was so horribly stupid; then I was quite sick of the folly and wickedness of mankind as for Edinburgh, the deuce is in it; I think, if possible, it is worse than London-now here I have room for meditation, evento madness, 'till the mind bursts with thinking," then b shall have part of this fabric repaired: and when I have had a library, a spouting room, a laboratory of arts and sciences, a statue room, and a skipping room, I think I shall have employment enough on my "And do you ever expect, Arabella," said Mr. Nugent, smiling, to see these arrange ments completed?"O dear, yes! for

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with a little attention on my part, and a good many hands, I despair of nothing, particularly as I shall set the grand engine into circulation, and you know money will do wonders, brother." The conversation here dropped, and Mr. Nugent, soon after, quitted the room, politely seconding the invitation of his sister. The day passed off more to the satisfaction of Lewisham than he had at first expected; and when evening arrived, he reluctantly quitted the family party, and retired to his own solitary apartment. The fol lowing morning he settled every pecu niary matter with Mr. Nugent, and that gentleman, though with evident reluctance, requested he would not think of leaving the castle until his health was perfectly established-he bowed his thanks for a speech intirely dictated by politeness, secretly resolve

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ing to act in this particular as future circumstances should decide. The examination of the lieutenant's affairs had convinced Lewisham of the necessity of fixing on some plan for his future subsistence, as the whole amount of the bequest left him, after the payment of the just debts of his benefactor, amounted only to two hundred and fifty pounds. His health being now nearly restored, he could not, with propriety, remain longer in the castle; and he determined, the succeeding day, to bid adieu to its hospitable walls, perhaps for ever: he, therefore, sent a polite message to Mrs. and Miss Nugent, for the governor he found was gone out for a few days; and on the return of his messenger he received the following card from them :

Mrs. and Miss Nugent, will be happy to see Mr. Netterville, before he leaves

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