128 MISS BADSWORTH, M.F.H. 



parcel, addressing it to Miss Lavinia Badsworth, and de- 

 spatching it by the hand of a trusty messenger. 



Then he remembered that Miss Badsworth and her niece 

 were going to London on the following day, and that he 

 himself had urgent private affairs which would necessitate 

 his presence in the metropolis. 



