that Mrs Bray's
fears that he would be made over conceited by adulation from
marriageable girls seems to have been unnecessary.

Noonoon is enshrined in my heart as one of the pleasantest valleys on
earth, so during enforcedly idle hours it has given me delight to
paint its beauty, however feebly, and to put some of the doings of
some of its folk in a story, that others might possibly enjoy them
too. But I put the MSS. aside till, as the good country doctor so
much esteemed in his circle expresses it, I shall have "pegged out,"
and the heroine and hero of the plot shall then judge whether it is
fit or not for publication. It has interested me to write, but

"My life has crept so long on a broken wing
. . . . . . . .
That I come to be grateful at last for a little thing,"

and those whose lives are strong, fruitful, and successful may have no
patience with the sentimental meanderings of an old woman who has
outlived joy and usefulness.

* * * * *

And now, may the Lady of my tale, as her life progresses from dawn to
noon, high noon to afternoon, dusk, evening, and night, have the
Knight of her choice and peace always beside her, till new dawns break
in other worlds beyond this place of fears and phantoms.

THE END.

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