88 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
“ With this resolution, to which 
he acted up nobly, I was foolishly 
rejoiced. I lent him all the aid 
in my power, by giving, as much 
as in me lay, such suggestions to the 
minds of all parties as would best 
work out my wish. Lionel procured 
disguises, assumed the name of Mal- 
travers, and soon contrived—what will 
not love do ? — to gain an interview, 
a hearing, and a heart ! ’T was then 
that I gloried in my garden ! Oh, it 
was to me a proud thing to see these 
two beautiful beings rove hand in 
hand amongst my flowers, and stoop 
over the fragrant beds of my own 
violets ! Yes, I was then almost as 
