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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
CHAPTER XVI.
The darksome cave they enter, where they found
The woful man, low sitting on the ground,
Musing full sadly in his sullen mind.
Faery Queen.
The Intruder on Miss Vere's sorrows was Ratcliffe. Ellieslaw had, in the agitation of his mind, forgotten to countermand the order he had given to call him thither, so that he opened the door with the words, "You sent for me, Mr Vere." Then looking around—"Miss Vere, alone! on the ground! and in tears!"
"Leave me—leave me, Mr Ratcliffe," said the unhappy young lady.
"I must not leave you," said Ratcliffe; "I have been repeatedly requesting admittance to take my leave of you, and
