the three letters which now raised a much stronger curiosity than before, directly ran over the contents of all. The first, which was what her sister had sent him on their arrival in town, was to this effect.

Berkeley Street, January.

“How surprised you will be, Willoughby, on receiving this; and I think you will feel something more than surprise, when you know that I am in town.

An opportunity of coming hither, though with Mrs. Jennings, was a temptation we could not resist. I wish you may receive this in time to come here to-night, but I will not depend on it. At any rate I shall expect you to-morrow. For the present, adieu.

“M.D.”

Her second note, which had been written on the morning after the dance at the Middletons', was in these words: —