and motionless companion. At length the wind again fell: there was a break in the sky, and a single star appeared in the midst of the clouds, surrounded with a little heaven of azure.
"See there, see there!" the lady cried, and then she unlocked her arms. "What would you give, Vivian Grey, to read that star?"
"Am I more interested in that star, Amalia, than in any other of the bright host?" asked Vivian, with a serious tone, for he thought it necessary to humour his companion.
"Are you not? is it not the star of thy destiny?"
"And are you learned in all the learning of the Chaldeans too, lady?"
"Oh, no, no, no!" slowly murmured Mrs. Lorraine, and then she started; but Vivian seized her arms, and prevented her from again clasping his neck.
"I must keep these pretty hands close
