re destroyed by disappointment. Pray for me, dear
Valerie--pray for one who loves you dearly, and who feels that the whole
happiness of her life is at stake.--Yours,--

"Adele."

"So far all goes well, my dear Adele," thought I, "but we have yet to
see the end. I will pray for you with all my heart, for you deserve to
be happy, and none can be more fascinating than you, when you exert
yourself. What is it in women that I do not feel which makes them so
mad after the other sex? Instinct, certainly, for reason is against it.
Well, I have no objection to help others to commit the folly, provided
that I am not led into it myself." Such were my reflections, as I
closed the letter from Adele.

A few days afterwards I received a note from Mr Selwyn, junior,
informing me that his father had been made a puisne judge. What that
was I did not know, except that he was a judge on the bench, of some
kind. He also stated his intention of calling upon me on the next day.

"Yes," thought I, "to receive the music from Caroline. Of course, she
will return it to me when I give her a lesson to-day."

I was right in my supposition. Caroline brought me a piece of music
with a note, saying, "Here is the music belonging to Miss Selwyn,
Valerie; will you take an opportunity of returning it to her? Any time
will do; I presume she is in no hurry," and Caroline coloured up, when
her eyes met mine.

"To punish her," I replied, "Oh, no, there can be no hurry; I shall be
down at Kew in a fortnight or three weeks, I will take it with me then."

"But my note, thanking Mr Selwyn, will be of very long date," replied
Caroline, "and I want the other piece of music belonging to me which I
left at Kew."

"Well, Caroline, you cannot expect me to be carrying your messages and
going to the chambers of a handsome young Chancery-barrister.
By-the-bye, I had a note from him this morning, telling me that his
father is advanced to the bench. What does that mean?"

"That his father is made a judge. Is that all he said?" replied
Caroline, carelessly.

"Why, now I think of it, he said that he would call upon me to-morrow,
so I can give him this music when he calls."

At this intelligence Caroline's face brightened up, and she went away.
Mr Selwyn called the next day, and I delivered the music and the note.
He informed me that he had now all his father's private as well as
Chancery business, and wished to know whether he was to consider himself