as likewise ‘Blackwood’s Magazine,’ the most able

resumed the old lady, stopping her son as he was about to speak,

'is this. Before you stake your all on this chance; before you

suffer yourself to be carried to the highest point of hope;

reflect for a few moments, my dear child, on Rose's history, and

consider what effect the knowledge of her doubtful birth may have

on her decision: devoted as she is to us, with all the intensity

of her noble mind, and with that perfect sacrifice of self which,

in all matters, great or trifling, has always been her

Great!（23）