nor Lami."

"Make me a literal translation of that letter," said Sedley. "It is of
more moment than almost all we have yet read. I do not mean now, Miss
Julia," said he, seeing she had already commenced to write, "for we have
these fragments still to look over."

While the lawyer occupied himself with drawing up a memorandum for
his own guidance, Julia, by his directions, went carefully over the
remaining papers. Few were of any interest; but these she docketed
accurately, and with such brevity and clearness combined, that Sedley,
little given to compliments, could not but praise her skill. It was not
till the day began to decline that their labors drew to a close. It was
a day of intense attention and great work; but only when it was over did
she feel the exhaustion of overwrought powers.

"You are very, very tired," said Sedley. "It was too thoughtless of me.
I ought to have remembered how unused you must be to fatigue like this."

"But I couldn't have left it; the interest was intense, and nothing
would have persuaded me to leave the case without seeing how it ended."

"It will be necessary to authenticate these," said he, laying his hand
on the papers; "and then we must show how we came by them."

"Jack can tell you this," said she; and now her strength failed her
outright, and she lay back, overcome, and almost fainting. Sedley
hurriedly rang for help; but before any one arrived Julia rallied, and
with a faint smile, said, "Don't make a fuss about _me_. You have what
is really important to occupy you. I will go and lie down till evening;"
and so she left him.

CHAPTER LXVI. SEDLEY'S NOTES.

Julia found herself unable to come down to dinner, and Mr. Sedley had to
confess that he had overtaxed her strength and imposed too far upon her
zeal. "To tell truth," added he, "I forgot she was not a colleague.
So shrewd and purpose-like were all her remarks, such aptitude she
displayed in rejecting what was valueless, and such acuteness in
retaining all that was really important, it went clean out of my head
that I was not dealing with a brother of the craft, instead of a very
charming and beautiful young lady."

"And you really have fallen upon papers of importance?" asked Nelly,
eagerly; for Julia had already, in answer to the same question, said,
"Mr. Sedley has pledged me to silence."

"Of the last importance, Miss Bramleigh." He paused for an instant,
and then added, "I am well aware that I see nothing