ANNIS WARLEIGH'S FORTUNES. BY HOLME LEE, AUTHOR OF "SYLVAN HOLT'S DAUGHTER," ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. M.DCCC.LXIII. 250. p. 120. BODE ANNIS WARLEIGH'S FORTUNES. PART SECOND-continued. SIR LAURENCE'S LITTLE WILDLING. CHAPTER THE THIRD. A RUMOUR, AND WHAT CAME OF IT. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds I. RACHEL WITHERS returned to Hurtledale two days after Annis was taken away from Bristowe, to find the rectory in serene possession of a new baby. It was a girl this time, and Rachel stood godmother, giving it her own plain name, which was presently exchanged for the ridiculous one of Sacharissa Tulip, a name which stuck by the injured child until she VOL. II. 19 |