OF the trio thus debarred from tasting the sweet breath of summer, Charles Chesterfield was the least discontented for the moral infliction had as much of novelty for him in many respects now, as when the heat, the dust, and the din were hallowed by fashion. Vauxhall appeared to him the realization of the most brilliant fables of the Arabian Tales, Kensington Gardens a royal Paradise, Richmond a courtly Arcadia, and the river Thames an unceasing regatta, on which the barge of Cleopatra seemed ever before him, when the Lord Mayor or any of his golden compeers cc disported on its azure wave. It certainly did happen, sometimes, that the poor lad felt exceedingly tired of Mrs. Sherbourne, and her engrossing love but he was too young and too gentle-hearted to let this feeling keep him away from her, as he truly believed it would break her heart if he did. The lady, however, like most others, was as quick to perceive the fading of the passions she inspired, as the growth of them, and was...

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