'There is no other,' said the doctor. 'No other, take my word

'Then my aunt invests you with full power,' said Rose, smiling

through her tears; 'but pray don't be harder upon the poor

fellows than is indispensably necessary.'

'You seem to think,' retorted the doctor, 'that everybody is

disposed to be hard-hearted to-day, except yourself, Miss Rose.

I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that

you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood by the