who had met there for the first time, and had become the ancestors

of the noble family to which the young lady belonged.

"They did not like to be knighted, the good old people," she said;

"their motto was 'everything in the right place,' and it would not

be right, they thought, to purchase a title for money. My grandfather,

the first baron, was their son. They say he was a very learned man,

a great favourite with the princes and princesses, and was invited

to all court festivities. The others at home love him best; but, I