'I beg your pardon, I have no right to question you. Surely you are one of those people who always get what they wish for.'
'Why?—for riches do not always give happiness.'
'I mean because you are so good and sweet.'
But Finella shook her pretty head sadly as she thought of Vivian Hammersley, and replied:
'Young says in his "Night Thoughts:"
'"Wishing of all employment is the worst!"
and Young was right, perhaps.'
CHAPTER XII.
GIRLS' CONFIDENCES.
It was a sweet and mild spring morning, and Finella and Dulcie, each with a shawl over her pretty head, were again promenading on the terrace before the mansion. Lady Fettercairn was not yet down, and the breakfast-bell had not yet been rung. The trees were already making a show of greenery, with half-developed foliage; the oak was putting out its red buds; the laburnums were clothed in green and gold, and the voice of the cuckoo could be heard in the woods of Craigengowan.