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g; endure all the forms of love (which I doubt not he would scrupulously observe) and know that the spirit was quite absent? Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle? No: such a martyrdom would be monstrous。 I will never undergo it。 As his sister; I might acpany him—not as his wife: I will tell him so。”

I looked towards the knoll: there he lay; still as a prostrate column; his face turned to me: his eye beaming watchful and keen。 He started to his feet and approached me。

“I am ready to go to India; if I may go free。”

“Your ansentary;” he said; “it is not clear。”

“You have hitherto been my adopted brother—I; your adopted sister: let us continue as such: you and I had better not marry。”

He shook his head。 “Adopted fraternity will not do in this case。 If you were my real sister it would be different: I should take you; and seek no wife。 But as it is; either our union must be consecrated and sealed by marriage; or it cannot exist: practical obstacles oppose themselves to any other plan。 Do you not see it; Jane? Consider a moment—your strong sense will guide you。”

I did consider; and still my sense; such as it was; directed me only to the fact that we did not love each other as man and wife should: and therefore it inferred we ought not to marry。 I said so。 “St。 John;” I returned; “I regard you as a brother—you; me as a sister: so let us continue。”

“We cannot—we cannot;” he answe

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