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— ' wwe wreTrates OF THE COURT. binnen t “dat is excellent! ‘You ware sorry, miler, your time eal be so precious. th. | the Well den, we no | again . intelligence, and of fascioati 835 Christina no more: but after awhile be met ber at Marohmont Hoase; and the interest be bad at firet experienced in her, quickly expanded ; | into a still more tender feeling. Now in his twenty-fifth your Robert Stanley way pommeaeed he hanfleome. rr countenance not perfection of masculine beaat ~«but it likewise seemed as a mirror to reflect us emotions of his soul. Of the highest principles, of untarnished reputation, of a yy mannefs-——as w as being the heir to a wealthy baronotcy--Captain mipht have almost made his own choice of i tpon | a wife amongst the beauties of the society which the on the Court of Qaotha. the the windo shook imply that the you their ig to forth with and pots pended Christian. It wae pere the pauper, the not that the afraid of offending toeracy, spartments not have been placed ing Duke of of beggarly tatterdemali the fellow calling himee! had been reinstated in Duke efter the supper Palece, end that on this present occasion would have been the vegation of the ¢ finding that the young Duke of Marchmont made allusion thereto in so pointed a manner. CHAPTER OLL CAPTAIN STANLEY. Tum reader cannot have forgotten how Captain Stanley rescued Christina from the power of the Barker in the lane near Shrubbery Ville, Notting Hill. The young officer was at once smitten with a feeling of interest on behalf of that beauteous girl; and he had solicited permission to call at the Ohristina had aseured him that Queen In- deva would give him a welcome reception; and che thus, with the strictest propriety and modesty, avoided the encouragement of « visit tu herself « But almost immediately after that in- eident which rendéred them acquainted, came the hurrieane of events that was tu scoumplish so material a change in the circumstances of the twins. Fur some few weeks Captain Stanley saw 9 and the more be was enabled to study the cha from | sion tn he by his position he frequented: but sever until he boheld Christina had he seen one of her sex who é racter ahd disposition of the young Duke of Marchmont’s sister, the better did he appreciate her worth, and the more did she become endeared to him by her many amiable qualities. A strong friendship bad eprang up between the yoany Dake of Marchmont and Captain Stanley atl the latter therefore gladly availed himeelf this circamstancé to visit frequently at the man- ve Square. The regiment to which @he bow quartered at Hounslow; and therefore a short ride at any time took the youn offcet to Marchrson to the manly franknese of his disposition, there.was a considerable degree of difidense associated with the feelings of bis love for Christina. The nataral delicacy of his mind moteover saggested to him -| that he ought not to proffer his attenlons too hile the etill dee rae wale te See, soe occurred at Oaklands; and the same ing to her brother that her beauty and her good qualities had made so strong an impression upon | bis heart. Thus, ad several weeks passsd on, the young Duke of Marchmont suspected not that Robert Stanley was enamoured of bis sister ; while Lady Christine Vivian herself was equally unsus- picious that she had thus become the ubject of his attachment. Six months had now elapeed since the tinemo- table events at Oaklands; efd the period fized for the nuptials of the young Duke of Marchmont and Isabella Vincent was close at hand. Previous to the arrival of the happy moment, Christian resolved to pass a week or ten days at Oaklands, that be might there entertain a select party of his namerous friends. Christina as a g . t House. Notwithstanding matter of course accompanied her brother; and’ amongst the were Sir Edgar and Lady Beverley, Sir Frederick and Lady Anastatis Latham, and Captain Stanley. Isabella Vincent Was remaining at her mansion at Kensington, in company with an eiderly female relative, making preparations for the bridal: Sir Wi.liam Stauley was invited to juin the party at Oaklands—but he had previously been summuned tu Lundon by the Guvernment for sume purpose with which h‘s gon remained unacqoainted. We shuuld vbseerve that Sir Wiltiam was a man of considerable in- fluence in the northern counties,—one ot whiob he had until within the last few years represented ia CONRANIG NOOK (CO