that she had miscarried.

Now, in the ordinary course of business, I would have been perfectly
justified in attending her without troubling my head about her
antecedents; indeed, had she been unmarried I would possibly have
given my services, but in this case the lady was married, and the
child lawfully belonged to her husband, _whose heir it was_, although
actually belonging to another man.

I accordingly declined having anything to do with her case, although
I promised that, as her confession was made to me in confidence and
as a professional secret, I would not disclose it to anyone. Having
friends in Boston, she made some excuse to visit them, and she was
not long there when her husband received a telegram, stating that his
wife had had a premature confinement and lay in a precarious state
in Boston, whither her loving husband instantly repaired. The child
(a beautiful girl) was sent to Mrs. Sedley in Montreal, and given
out to nurse. She was eventually adopted by a childless dry goods
merchant in this city who had her educated as his daughter, employing,
by-the-by, _her own father_ to give her lessons in music.

One would think that now Mrs. Hazelton had got over this great
difficulty, and started in life as a respectable married lady, she
would have eschewed her former errors and turned over a new leaf.
Unfortunately for all parties, her husband was proud of her musical
ability, and insisted that she should continue to take lessons from
Grandison, for whom strange to say, he had conceived a great regard.
The frequent meetings consequent upon this proved too much for both
of the culprits, and in a short time they became as intimate as ever.
Since Mary's marriage, Mr. Sedley had quite forgotten his former