ey arrived at the field--the
bull was there, waiting for them at the stile, for he had observed them
at a distance, and as he was now opposed to half a dozen pair of
inexpressibles, instead of one, his wrath was proportionally increased.
He pawed the ground, bellowed, and made divers attempts to leap the
stile, which, had he effected, it is probable that more serious mischief
would have occurred. The whole party stood aghast, while Mrs
Rainscourt screamed, and called for her child--her child; and attempted
to recover her liberty, from the arms of those who held her, and rush
into the field to her own destruction.

The farmer to whom the animal belonged had heard his bellowing on the
first assault, and had come out to ascertain the cause. He was just in
time to behold the footman pushed through the hedge, and to witness the
escape of Emily into the house of McElvina. Intending to remove the
animal, he returned to his dinner, when his resumed bellowing summoned
him again, and perceiving the cause, he joined the party, and,
addressing Mrs Rainscourt, "The young lady is all safe, ma'am, in the
gentleman's house yonder. The brute's quiet enough it's all along of
them red breeches that angers him. A bull can't abide 'em, ma'am."

"Safe, do you say? Thank God. Oh! take me to her."

"This way, ma'am, then," said the farmer, leading her round the hedge to
the cottage of McElvina, by a more circuitous way.

Susan had just called up McElvina, and Seymour was again left to himself
in the parlour, when Mrs Rainscourt, bursting from those who conducted
her, tottered in, and sank exhausted on the sofa. Seymour, to whom the
whole affair was a mystery, and who had been ruminating upon it, and
upon the sweet lips which he had pressed, in utter astonishment, cried
out, "What! another?" Not choosing, in this instance, to trust to his
own resources, he contented himself with again shoving the parrot's tail
between the bars, and as he held it to his patient's nose, loudly called
out for McElvina, who, summoned by his appeals, with many others entered
the room, and relieved him of his charge, who soon recovered, and joined
her daughter in the room upstairs.

The carriage had been sent for to convey Mrs Rainscourt and her
daughter home. When they came down into the parlour, previous to their
departure, Seymour was formally introduced, and received the thanks of
Mrs Rainscourt for the attention which he had paid to her daughter an