he meant it in that sense, he was not far wrong.
Japhet, to-morrow is Sunday; do you go to meeting or to church?"

"I believe, sir, that I shall go to church."

"Well, then, come with me:--be here at half-past two--we will go to
evening service at St James's."

"I have received many invitations, but I never yet received an
invitation to go to church," replied I.

"You will hear an extra lesson of the day--a portion of Susannah and
the Elders."

I took the equivoque, which was incomprehensible to Harcourt: I hardly
need say, that the latter and I were on the best terms. When we
separated, Harcourt requested leave to call upon me the next morning,
and Mr Masterton said that he should also pay his respects to the tiger,
as he invariably called my most honoured parent.

Harcourt was with me very soon after breakfast, and after I had
introduced him to my "Governor," we retired to talk without interruption.

"I have much to say to you, De Benyon," commenced Harcourt: "first let
me tell you, that after I rose from my bed, and discovered that you had
disappeared, I resolved, if possible, to find you out and induce you to
come back. Timothy, who looked very sly at me, would tell me nothing, but
that the last that was heard of you was at Lady de Clare's, at Richmond.
Having no other clue, I went down there, introduced myself, and, as they
will tell you, candidly acknowledged that I had treated you ill. I then
requested that they would give me any clue by which you might be found,
for I had an opportunity of offering to you a situation which was at my
father's disposal, and which any gentleman might have accepted, although
it was not very lucrative."

"It was very kind of you, Harcourt."

"Do not say that, I beg. It was thus that I formed an acquaintance with
Lady de Clare and her daughter, whose early history, as Fleta, I had
obtained from you, but who I little imagined to be the little girl that
you had so generously protected; for it was not until after I had
deserted you, that you had discovered her parentage. The extreme interest
relative to you evinced by both the mother and the daughter surprised me.
They had heard of my name from you, but not of our quarrel. They urged
me, and thanked me for proposing, to follow you and find you out: I did
make every attempt. I went to Brentford, inquired at all the
public-houses, and of all the coachmen who went down the road, but could
obtain no information, except that at one