the contemplation of
his mother's conduct; how far the knowledge of it had extended in society
he could not know, but he wished it buried with her in the tomb. The
peculiar manner of his father's death would attract notice, and might
recall attention to the prime cause of his disorder; as yet all was
veiled, and he wished the doctor's family to let it remain so. It was,
however, impossible that the death of a man of Mr. Denbigh's rank should
be unnoticed in the prints, and the care of Francis dictated the simple
truth without comments, as it appeared. As regarded the Moseleys, what was
more natural than that the son of _Mr. Denbigh_ should also be _Mr.
Denbigh?_

In the presence of the rector's family no allusions were made to their
friends, and the villagers and the neighborhood spoke of them as old and
young Mr. Denbigh.

The name of Lord Lumley, now Earl of Pendennyss, was known to the whole
British nation; but the long retirement of his father and mother had
driven them almost from the recollection of their friends. Even Mrs.
Wilson supposed her favorite hero a Lumley. Pendennyss Castle had been for
centuries the proud residence of that family; and the change of name in
its possessor was forgotten with the circumstances that had led to it.

When, therefore, Emily met the earl so unexpectedly the second time at the
rectory, she, of course, with all her companions, spoke of him as Mr.
Denbigh. On that occasion, Pendennyss had called in person, in expectation
of meeting his kinsman, Lord Bolton; but, finding him absent, he could not
resist his desire to visit the rectory. Accordingly, he sent his carriage
and servants on to London, leaving them at a convenient spot, and arrived
on foot at the house of Dr. Ives. From the same motives which had
influenced him before--a wish to indulge, undisturbed by useless ceremony,
his melancholy reflections--he desired that his name might not be
mentioned.

This was an easy task. Both Doctor and Mrs. Ives had called him, when a
child, George or Lumley, and were unused to his new appellation of
Pendennyss; indeed, it rather recalled painful recollections to them all.

It may be remembered that circumstances removed the necessity of any
introduction to Mrs. Wilson and her party; and the difficulty in that
instance was happily got rid of.

The earl had often heard Emily Moseley spoken of by his friends, and in
their letters they frequently mentioned her name as connected with the