our schemes, and set her at eternal war with her Chevalier and her false friend, who is young and pretty enough to excuse the Chevalier's desertion, that is certain. We are to have both ladies here in a few days, and Madame de Pompeignan is already aware that she is to have the handsomest Orosmane in the world; for, in fact, as Lady Singleton said to me, when we first wrote to you, the part seemed written on purpose, as if Voltaire had you in his eye at the time.-Stay, here are all your parts, and here is my little bill of fare: you will perceive that I have inlisted some emigrés too as well as Lady Loton: I am to send the carriage for them to Lady Singleton, who is to get me a whole batch. play so :

Orosmane

I have cast the

Colonel O'Donnel.

Chevalier de Tours.

M. de Mercœur.

Messrs. Carlisles, &c.

for he has a sweet little voice, and you

know it's a poor part.

Jobson Mr. F. Carlisle,

He will be delightful.

Butler

Mr. Carlisle.

Footman The Duke of Belmont.

and so on.

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Well, here is your part, written out by Florio; and if you have nothing better to do, suppose you walk to the fir grove and look at my theatre, and try your voice. I have given a thousand orders about the sounding board. Do you remember

"Je veux avec excês vous aimer et vous plaire ?"

"You little thought then you were giving me a specimen of your dramatic powers; so you see your refusal of the

Her Ladyship having now presented the written part to her hero, was gliding away, but O'Donnel, who, from the length of her speech, had time to recover gradually from his astonishment, followed her, and entreated another moment of her attention.

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Well," she returned, "it must be only a moment, for I am now going to the Carlisles, to set them to work at the Devil to Pay."

"May I then," said O'Donnel, "beg to know if your Ladyship ever did me the honor to write to me upon any other subject to Ireland than that of a mere invitation to your villa?"

No," said Lady Llanberis, "never. Why do you ask? I even cautioned Lady Singleton not to mention a word in her letter of the plays, but merely to request the pleasure of your company at Longlands, for, independent of Orosmane, I had an amazing curiosity to see you. I assure you I consider you as

a genuine Irish Chief; and what Lady Singleton told me about your being kidnapped in your youth, and confined in the Castle of Dublin, rendered you most amazingly interesting."

O'Donnel, little as he was disposed to be amused, could not help smiling at this identifying of himself with "O'Donnel the Red;" but as the eager Lady was again hurrying away, he again followed her, and putting the letter he had received into her hand with the bills, begged to know if that was her seul.

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No," said Lady Llanberis, reading the motto: "but it is an amazing pretty device. I will have a seal cut after it directly it is really extremely ingeni ous will you give me leave?" and tearing off the seal, she glided away, repeating the Italian motto to herself.

O'Donnel stood motionless where

part in his hand, more bewildered, more to seek than ever. It was impossible to mistake Lady Llanberis's manner, and it was as impossible not to feel that he had hitherto wholly mistaken her character. It was evident that he was simply the object of a caprice, the instrument of a scheme, and that he had no further interested her feelings in his favor, than in as much as he had excited her curiosity, or amused her imagination; and it was clear, that, though pleased, as she was misled, by the account of the kidnapped chief, she had neither sympathy nor interest for the unfortunate gentleman.

The approach of some one towards the door opposite to that near which he stood hurried him away; and he had already reached his own room before he discovered that he had not picked up his letter and bills, which Lady Llanberis had carelessly let fall, with