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hears her aunt proposing to take her away out of

reach of the fascinations of a certain Denzil Seymour, who is about to return to his patrimonial home in her father's parish. Of course this interests her immensely, and when the hero, who has returned incognito, appears, with the "music of his voice according well with the harmony of beauty in his face," not to speak of com- manding stature, her fate is sealed. Troubles arise, but of course they are surmounted. Millicent, ultimately to become Lady Erminsley, tells her own story, and though probably not sillier than the average, makes herself out to have been so.