ar but expressive phrase, Mrs Pansey was 'wiped out'.

Shortly before the marriage of George and Mab, the tribe of gipsies over
which Mother Jael ruled vanished into the nowhere. Whither they went
nobody knew, and nobody inquired, but their disappearance was a relief
both to Miss Whichello and the bishop. The latter had decided that, to
run no risks, it was necessary Mab should be married under her true
name of Bosvile; and as Mother Jael knew that such was Jentham's real
name, Miss Whichello fancied she might come to hear that Mab was called
so, and make inquiries likely to lead to unpleasantness. But Mother Jael
went away in a happy moment, so Miss Whichello explained to her niece
and George that the name of the former was not 'Arden' but 'Bosvile.'
'It is necessary that I should tell you this, dear, on account of the
marriage,' said the little old lady; 'your parents, my dearest Mab, are
dead and gone; but your father was alive when I took you to live with
me, and I called you by another name so that he might not claim you. He
was not a good man, my love.'

'Never mind, aunty,' cried Mab, embracing the old lady. 'I don't want to
hear about him. You are both my father and my mother, and I know that
what you say is right. I suppose,' she added, turning shyly to George,
'that Captain Pendle loves Miss Bosvile as much as he did Miss Arden!'

'A rose by any other name, and all the rest of it,' replied George,
smiling. 'What does it matter, my darling? You will be Mab Pendle soon,
so that will settle everything, even your meek husband.'

'George,' said Miss Bosvile, solemnly, 'if there is one word in the
English language which does _not_ describe you, it is "meek."'

'Really! and if there is one name in the same tongue which fits you like
a glove, it is--guess!'

'Angel!' cried Mab, promptly.

George laughed. 'Near it,' said he, 'but not quite what I mean. The
missing word will be told when we are on our honeymoon.'

In this way the matter was arranged, and Mab, as Miss Bosvile, was
married to Captain Pendle on the self-same day, at the self-same hour,
that Lucy became Lady Brace. If some remarks were made on the name
inscribed in the register of the cathedral, few people paid any
attention to them, and those who did received from Miss Whichello the
same skilful explanation as she had given the young couple. Moreover, as
Mother Jael was not present to make inquiries, and as Mrs Pansey had not
the courage to hint at