is in his nostrils, for wherein is he
to be accounted of?'"

As Sir John repeated these words, I saw Lucilla, who was sitting next
Lady Belfield, snatch one of her hands, and kiss it, with a rapture
which she had no power to control. It was evident that nothing but our
presence restrained her from rising to embrace her friend. Her fine eyes
glistened, but seeing that I observed her, she gently let go the hand
she held, and tried to look composed. I can not describe the chastised,
but not less fervent, joy of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. Their looks expressed
the affectionate interest they took in Sir John's honest declaration.
Their hearts overflowed with gratitude to him without whom "nothing is
strong nothing is holy." For my own part, I felt myself raised

Above this visible diurnal sphere.

Sir John afterward said, "I begin more and more to perceive the
scantiness of all morality which has not the love of God for its motive.
_That_ virtue will not carry us safely, and will not carry us far, which
looks to human estimation as its reward. As it was a false and
inadequate principle which first set it a going, it will always stop
short of the true ends of goodness."

"Sir John," said Lady Belfield, "I have been seriously thinking that I
ought not to indulge in the expense of this intended conservatory. We
will, if you please, convert the money to the building of a charity
school. I can not consent to incur such a superfluous expense for my
amusement."

"My dear Caroline," replied Sir John, "through the undeserved goodness
of God, my estate is so large, and through your excellent management it
is so unimpaired, that we will not give up the conservatory, unless Mr.
Stanley thinks we ought to give it up. But we will adopt Lucilla's idea
of combining a charity with an indulgence--we will associate the charity
school with the conservatory. This union will be a kind of monument to
our friends at the Grove, from whom you have acquired the love of
plants, and I of religious charity."

We all looked with anxious expectation at Mr. Stanley. He gave it as his
opinion, that as Lady Belfield was now resolved to live the greater part
of the year in the country, she ought to have some amusements in lieu of
those she was going to give up. "Costly decorations and expensive
gardens," continued he, "at a place where the proprietors do not so much
as _intend_ to reside, have always appeared to me among the infatuations
of opulence. To