d, "there can be no doubt about it--this is my missing
bracelet; and that heartless creature Georgina has cruelly misled me,
and, more cruelly still, ruined for a time the character of her fellow--
servant. But, poor, wretched, misguided creature, her triumphing was
short indeed."

Before she could say more, Bradly placed in her hands Hollands' letter
of explanation. She read it through slowly and carefully; and then,
laying it down, leaned her head on her hand, while her tears fell fast.

"O Thomas," she said, after a while, "what a terrible trial your
sister's must have been! How can I ever make her amends for the cruel
injustice I have been guilty of to her?"

"Nay, my lady," cried Thomas, touched by her deep emotion, "you've done
Jane no wrong; you did as you was bound to do under the circumstances.
It's all right now, and the Lord's been bringing a wonderful deal of
blessing out of this trouble. Jane's been sharply chastened, but she's
stood the trial well, by God's grace, and she's come out of it purified
like the fine gold. All she wants now is a kind message by me, assuring
her as you are now thoroughly satisfied she was innocent of what was
laid to her charge and led to her leaving your service."

"She shall have it, Thomas, and not only by word of mouth, but in my own
handwriting."

So saying, Lady Morville rang the bell, and having ordered some
refreshment for Thomas Bradly, asked him to wait while she went to her
own room and wrote Jane a letter. In half an hour she returned, and,
having given the letter into Bradly's charge, said,--

"I have been talking to Sir Lionel, and he is as pleased as I am at the
thorough establishment of Jane's character; and we both wish to show our
sense of her value, and our conviction that she deserves our fullest
confidence, and some amends too for my mistaken judgment, by offering
her the post of matron to a cottage hospital we have been building, if
she feels equal to undertaking it. She will have furnished rooms,
board, and firing, and thirty pounds a year, and the duties will not
require much physical exertion. I shall thus have her near me, and it
will be my constant endeavour to show my sense of her worth, and my
sorrow for her sufferings, by doing everything in my power to make her
comfortable and happy."

"I'm sure Sir Lionel, and your ladyship more particularly, deserve our
most grateful thanks for your goodness," said Thomas Bradly. "I don't
doubt as