one accord united to welcome back the youthful
couple, for Dorothy was universally beloved, and somehow or other
the story of Manners' disguise had got abroad and had made hosts of
admiring friends for him, both high and low.

Even Lady Maude melted at last and regarded him with favour, but
whether this was because she learned that his uncle, the earl,
favoured his nephew and petted his bride, or whether the highly
satisfactory conduct of Master Manners himself gained her esteem, must
be left for the courteous reader to determine.

Happiness now reigned once more in Haddon. The old Hall rung again
with shouts of gladness, and in a short space of time Manners had
the satisfaction of promoting Lettice's husband to a more honourable
position than he had formerly occupied.

At the end of a year, as the oft-falling snows betokened the coming
of another Christmas, sad news reached Haddon. Margaret was dead. The
dampness of Castle Rushen had brought on a fever, to which she soon
had succumbed. Thus the whole estates of Haddon fell, ultimately,
to Dorothy's share, which she presented to her faithful lover as her
dowry. John Manners' descendants, the Rutlands, have had reason to be
thankful for this, for it added largely to their riches, but Manners
himself declared that had she brought him all the wealth that "Good
Queen Bess" possessed, he had not been one whit the happier. He could
see nothing he prized so highly as his wife, and in her he found his
all in all.

It is only necessary to add that discord, never again invaded the
domain of Haddon. The marriage proved a happy one; and no one, except
the Stanleys, regretted it in

THE END.

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