che:
it can never die, nor be forgotten. Remember the word of John the
Apostle, that `he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him.' And wouldst thou dare to apply that holy and heavenly name unto
some vain fancy that shall be as though it had never been six months
thereafter? My child, we men and women be verily guilty concerning this
matter. We take the name of that which is the very essence of God, and
set it lightly on a thing of earth and time, the which shall perish in
the using. Well, and there is another mistake, sweet, which I fear thou
mayest have made. It may be thou art thinking wrongfully of thine
earthly father, as I did of my heavenly One. He dealeth with thee
hardly, countest thou? Well, it may be so; yet it is to save thee from
that which should be much harder. Think no ill of the father who loveth
thee and would fain save thee. And, O Blanche! howsoever He may deal
with thee, never, never do thou think hardly of that heavenly Father,
who loveth thee far dearer than he, and would save thee from far
bitterer woe."

Blanche had looked very awe-struck when Mrs Tremayne spoke so solemnly
of the real nature of love; and now she raised tearful eyes to her
friend's face.

"I thought none ill of my father, Mistress Tremayne. I wis well he
loveth me."

"That is well, dear heart. I am fain it should be so."

And there the subject dropped rather abruptly, as first Clare, and then
Arthur, came into the room.

Don Juan did not appear to: miss Blanche, after the first day. When he
found that she and her father and sister were absent from the
supper-table, he looked round with some surprise and a little
perplexity; but he asked no question, and no one volunteered an
explanation. He very soon found a new diversion, in the shape of
Lucrece, to whom he proceeded to address his flowery language with even
less sincerity than he had done to Blanche. But no sooner did Sir
Thomas perceive this turn of affairs than he took the earliest
opportunity of sternly demanding of his troublesome prisoner "what he
meant?"

Don Juan professed entire ignorance of the purport of this question.
Sir Thomas angrily explained.

"Nay, Senor, what would you?" inquired the young Spaniard, with an air
of injured innocence. "An Andalusian gentleman, wheresoever he may be,
and in what conditions, must always show respect to the ladies."

"Respect!" cried the enraged squire. "Do Spanish gentlemen call such
man