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ALFRED DE ROSANN. Sl “Allow me to fetch you a glass of lemonade, madam,’’? exclaimed Mr. Goldsmith immediately after; and he disappeared before Mrs. Robson had concluded her sentence. The guadrille was now finished, and the Misses Robson were handed to their chairs by the gentlemen with whom they had been dancing, ‘They were sur- prised to find their mother in an ill-humour, and in- quired the reason; but she was too delicate to tell them the real truth, and satisfied them by an innocent invention. De Rosann interrupted the maternal eva- sion by a solicitation for the pleasure of dancing another guadrille with Miss Selina. He did not invite her sister, because she could not speak French, and it was useless for two people to stand like statues in the middle ofa ball-room. The delicacy of his motives was fully appreciated, and when explained to Mary by Selina, was thanked by a smile. The minds of the scandal-hunting and inquisitive ‘were more convinced than ever of the truth of the pervading report concerning theengagement subsisting between our hero and Miss Selina Robson, when they stood up to dance with each other a second time. It did not enter into the recollection of a soul that a friend could be thus twice honoured as well as a lover. Every indifferent glance that De Rosann cast upon the mild countenance of Selina, was noticed as a look of affection ; and every time he uttered a word to his attentive partner, it was construed into a vow of tenderness and fidelity. When the guadrille was concluded, De Rosann strolled into the card-room, and approached the écarté-table, round which a number of young men were gathered to bet their sovereigns, or to witness the game. A thin, long-visaged person was seated on _ one side of the table, and the young Englishman, who accompanied Belle-Rose, was on the other. The name of the latter was Markham. The stakes were high, and the anxiety of the players was excessive. Markham’s opponent had already won considerable Gomichboo KS) (E@)