Guy Mannering.

GUY MANNERING. 213
which may have come to his ear, the reality could have
been nothing to what his suspicions might have conceived.
But though my spirits rose high at my unexpected escape,
I had not courage myself to provoke the discussion, and
remained silent to receive his commands.
"' Julia,' he said,'my agent writes me from Scotland,
that he has been able to hire a house for me, decently
furnished, and with the necessary accommodation for my
family-it is within three miles of that I had designed to
purchase.'.Then he made a pause, and seemed to expect an answer.
"' I Whatever place of residence suits you, sir, must be
perfectly agreeable to me.'
"' Umph!-I do not propose, however, Julia, that you
shall reside quite alone in this house during the winter.'
"M3 r. and Mrs. Mervyn, thought I to myself.-'Whatever company is agreeable to you, sir,' I answered
aloud
"' O0, there is a little too much of this universal spirit
of submission; an excellent disposition in action, but
your constantly repeating the jargon of it, puts me in
mind of the eternal salaams of our black dependents in
the East. In short, Julia, I know you have a relish
for society, and I intend to invite a young person, the
daughter of a deceased friend, to spend a few months
with us.'
"' Not a governess, for the love of Heaven, papa!'
exclaimed poor I, my fears at that moment totally getting
the better of my prudence.
"'No, not a governess, Miss Mannering,' replied the
Colonel somewhat sternly,' but a young lady from whose
excellent example, bred as she has been in the school
of adversity, I trust you may learn the art to govern
yourself.'