“Yes, Miss Percival.”

“Then you are in the cavalry?”

“I am in the artillery, and that, you know, is cavalry.”

“And your regiment is quartered?”—-

“Quite near here.”

“Then you will be able to ride with us?”

“With the greatest pleasure.”

“That is settled. Let me see; where was I?”

“You do not know at all where you are, Bettina, and you are telling these gentlemen things which can not interest them.”

“Oh! I beg your pardon,” said the Cure. “The sale of this estate is the only subject of conversation in the neighborhood just now, and Miss Percival’s account interests me very much.”