and grateful, that Mr. Mansell became cautious, lest his impulse
should have carried him too far, and, after having ordered the
vehicle to be prepared, he caught her by the hand, and detained her,
saying, 'Mind you, Miss, you are not to take this for over-much. I'm
afraid it is a silly business, and I did not want you to throw
yourself away on a schoolmaster. I must see and talk to the man
myself; but I won't have anything that's not open and above-board,
and that my Lady shall see for once in her life!'

'I'm not afraid,' said Isabel, smiling. 'James will make his own way
with you.'

Isabel ran away to excuse and explain her confession to Lady Conway;
while Mr. Mansell indulged in another whistle, and then went to
inform his wife that he was afraid the girl had been making a fool of
herself; but it was not Lady Conway's fault that she was nothing
worse, and he was resolved, whatever he did, to show that honesty was
the only thing that would go down with him.

The boat was rocking on the green waves, and Louis was in the act of
waving an adieu to deaf Mrs. Hannaford, when a huntsman's halloo
caused James to look round and behold Mr. Mansell standing up in his
dogcart, making energetic signals with his whip.

He had meant to be very guarded, and wait to judge of James before
showing that he approved, but the excitement of the chase betrayed
him into a glow of cordiality, and he shook hands with vehemence.

'That's right!--just in time! Jump in, and come home to breakfast.
So you wouldn't be a party to my Lady's tricks!--just like her--just