" I saw them turned off at igsackly a quarter past
12, my lord," says I.
"Did you give Miss Griffin the paper, as I told
you, before her marriage ?"

" I did, my lord, in the presnts of Mr. Brown, Lord
Bobtail's man, who can swear to her having had it."

I must tell you that my lord had made me read a
paper which Lady Griffin had written, and which I
was comishnd to give in the manner menshnd abuff.
It ran to this effect : —

"According to the authority given me by the will
of my late dear husband, I forbid the maniage of Miss
Griffin with the Honourable Algernon Percy Deuceaee.
If Miss Griffin persists in the union, I warn her that she
must abide by the consequences of her act.
" Leonora Emilia Geiffin.
" Rue de Rivoli, May 8, 1818."

Wben I gave this to Miss as she entered the cort-
yard, a minnit before my master's arrivle, she only read
it contemptiously, and said, " I laugh at the threats of
Lady Griffin ;" and she toar the paper in two, and walk-
ed on, leaning on the arm of the faithful and obleaging
Miss Kicksey.
I picked up the paper for fear of axdents, and brot
it to my lord. Not that there was any necessaty, for



164 THE YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS.
