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A SAD STORY,
TIIE LADY OF ELM-WpOD.
CHAPTER 1.
The evening shadows were stealing on
at the close of a cold bright winter's (lay.
Stretched on a bed of sickness, pale, wasted,
silent, lay the lady of E!mwood. The
curtains of purple velvet, dark and gloomy
in the Tiding light( hung heavily around
her, and through an opening, at the fool ol
the hcd. s gleam of red light from ilie bla
zing fire now and then fell or. her fae, but
did nut rouse her from the deep thought in
which she seemed piunged. There was
much beauty yet in her large, dark eye,
and delicately formed features; but lie
cheek was hollow, and the lightly closed
lip looked s if no smile ol joy had ever
parted them.
A hired nurse, the only watcher by that
sick-bed, was dozing in nn arm-chair be
f.in tue fin;, rowkiiig heriCif no w au-i then
lo glance at the lady, who was totally re
gardless of her presence. The old worn in
begun to feel chilly as ihe evening dosed
in, and she was rising to draw the curtain
before ihe window, when the clear, gay
laughter of a child rang on the frosty float
ing up from the garden below, A look of
miseiy passed across the lady's facr, at.d
she sighed heavily.
'Did you speak, my lady?' asked the
nurse moving to the bed side,
Nonurse,' answered a sweet bul feeble
voice; '1 want nothing nothing that you
ran give me,' she murmured, a3 ihe old
woman turned away, '-Oil, for a loving
voice to cheer me in this dark hour!'
Again she lay, silent and thoughtful as
before, bul, after a lime, she called ihe
nurse, and as if by a strong effort, snid, '(!
to him lo my husband and lull him 1 am
very ill. Say lhai, for the love of Heaven,
I enireat him lo come lo me!'
She had raised her head Irons the pillow
to listen to the old woman's footsteps," til!
the sound died away in ihe long and dis
tant corridors. The slamming of a door
ga"e hsr notice when the nurse had reached
her dtslinalion, and she clapped her thin
bands in.agnny of impatience, as it seemed
to know ihe result of her mission.
Surely, surely he will com",' she said;
"he. does not love me; he has langhl my
child loe-offal me, and yet, now suiely he
will feel something lor me!'
The door was heard again, ihe nurse
loitered back, and flood once more beside
her rhargn.
'.My lord bids rue lo say to you, he i.
er.gi.gcd now, hut will come by und
The lady's head fell back upon lbs pil
low, and ihe color that had risen Id her
cheek for a moment faded away. The
nurse had been used lo look on scenes ol
suffering and sorrow, and perhaps age, too,
Lad blunted her feelingi for she had re-es-tbiishcil
hci't-clf h her comfortable chair,
r.nd sank into a doze. The lady's voice
once more roused her.
Uo to him again, nurse! say, that I am
dying you see I ai; tell luiu I ei.tita'.
Lim to send fur Mr. Patterson, lo pray foi
my departing soul. Beg him earnestly lo
giant me ibis, only this.''
Anain the messencer departed, aud again
tho lady listened anxiously lor her ictuniwalli to lue tnurcii in us iiu.guuuui.g
" .
yel with less hope in her sorrowful eyes
than before. Her heart sank evidently
when she heard iht nurse reluming immc
diatcly
My lord says,' siid the old woman,
ihat it is only your fancy lhal is si k
'And did you tell him, nurse, that yd
knew I was dying?' inlenuplcd her listen
er. 'Yes my la'dy, but ha said, cf conrso 1
should swear to anything you bid mo say.'
.?nd Patterson?' inquired the lady. '.May
I send for him?'
'ily lord siid,' 'No, hi would have- no
canting priests here
The old woman hobbled back lo hn
seat, and tho lady, covering her f. c..', sob.
bed aloud.
'Cruel, even lo ihe last!' she stid at len j.l
'This life lhal some call so hippy, how
dreary has it been to me! long miserabli
years, ending in a death like lint!' Am'
words of long suppressed anguish, though'
that had hastened the heart with a weigh,
of misery for years, burat from her dying
lips.
'Poor lady!' muttered ihe nurse, 'her
mind wanders. I've hoard strange stories
about her, To be sure, there wa3so;ne-
hing worng, or my lord would never havr
kepi her mewed up so clone, and I due say,
he thought of it troubles her I'ow.'
'To bo sure thero was something wrong!'
jflie words had been in many n'ouihs,
lilt it camo to be believed thai sumo dark
secret, some hidden error, was llu cause ol
ihe seclusion in which she was Kept by Jici
husband. The sadness of her counteiirnee
was held to bo occasioned by remorse, ihat.iihe seivioo whj over, he wcnl lo tier and
ih e tears lhal were sometimes seen to fVil.iifftfred to assisi her in getting home. She
is sIir knoll in prayer i i the house of (Joil
were looked upon as Icais cf penitence.
The pai.dMc an.! neckties with which slu
linri i'iih i -iprl mi er.iR f ..tt.n, ul. !..
even in he presence, the Hiripirioi.s the)
rfiitcrtained, only ccnfnmed ihem in theii
iclief that in some way, she had erred giie-
.i.iujly. 'And ihnt my hud,' ihry said,
is so very easy and good-hinoorcd, and any
iody might bo happy w 1 hi u!' ' S by
legreei a belief had gained grou id thai al.
.vas nol as it should be with ihe beauiifn
ady of Ehu-wood, and tome dared lospn;il
seorufiilly of her, even those who wt re un
voi thy lo wipo the dust from Ler feet.
F r the suspicions lhat had gone h,-oad
ihe undefined mystrrious whi-pcra again.-:
icr, wero as unjust as they were cruel
l'hcro was nothing of shame, thongh, (.',n!
knows, there was enough of.bim r sorrow ii
her bluthes and tears, licr spirit wa tor
uttprly broken by dai'y and hourly UiAn
of which the coarse world knew nnining.
o rcsctil insult or reply to impc ninenee.
None knew how chotih! they know?
iow a course of petty oppresr-ion, begining
in her earliest vcars, had conquered nil
cheerfulness and crushed all hope,- mid, (hi
rir.g bet married life, lo none bul lo her
God did the breathe word cf ihe Iroublr.
which f uhdiied her.it ti which she submit-,
ipii witliMiit a Hiniple. The little world about
KIim w.mkI had i nly seen hr btouihi in
.s it seemed as a bride to her InifhnndV
ancestral home. They had seen, al first
i jjay succession of guests nl ihe old hall,
and Ihe young bride presiding at brilliant
Hnierlaiiimcnts, Bul the number of encel
fell off by divrces, hdies reased lo he a
mong the few remaining visitei", ami, wl.tn
,o un- party mes at E!mw-o I, t'
ia.lv W'i3 no longer seen among 1 1 . m. llu
husband thought it necessary, al fun, to e
nuse her absence on ihe p'.ea of ill healih.
Sut it wfis soon understood that there utr.
other reason", f although none knew wh
uch reasons weie) why she appeared rm
more, and her narno wa never mentioned.
She was sometimes seen by persons whi
, nl I - L.. 1..lr
VJeU Uim-WOOO Oil OUIIirt?, .UNunin;
alone in ihfi woods near ihe house, a pale
yet bcBUtifi.1 pp-irit, or lending tho fiiiwrr-
n a scull garden tlidtcrnd by ihe lar-
sirelrhing wails of Ihe eld hail. v;n.e
who had purposely liirown themndves ii
her way, said lht she rpplied gundy ti
dicre greetings, bu. always in a lone of sad
uers On bunday she never failed, ttnless
when detained at home by severe illness, tr
i . i -.. .i i.i : :i
lag. It was upon ihe edge of her husband's
paik, and'a little path led toil from ihe
(reat house, through old daik woods, and
ty a I i lila ttienin, thai stole away al last,
singing as ii went, into the fields below the
'.liun.hyard. The- wholo village was pari
of ihe Elm-wood proper ty, bik! ihe church
contained many monuments to the memory
of its possessors. The family paw had aiil!
lis velvet cushions and drapiers, faded
ihough they were, and here tho lady knel
done Sunday aficr (Sunday. Hain and cold
frosi and snow, nil seemed alike lo hei
t'he good rcrlor, who soon learned to take
m interest in her pule and melancholy face
never failud to glance Al that humble wor
shipper, so constant ia her attendance
Sometimes ho saw that she was weeping
nd his kind heart longed lo breathe com
ion lo her evidently wounded spirit. His
illempls to make her acquaintance at her
r.vn house, had all proved vain. Her litis-
'jnnd, whoso manner to tho good old priest
was full of scarcely stnptfcoscd coi.tempt,
always replied to hi 3 inquiries about the I
ly, by saying sho received no visiters To
speak lo her on htr Way to and from the
church, was hi.v only elmocu n proving to
lier Low miirh he fell i.-iic-res'.a in her wel
fare. She always wailed till all oil.erj had
lel'i the cliureh.-ind ihcn u!o quickly across
die gr.iveyaid,nnd thrnujh the hubs gate in
'0 the park. One weland stormy Sunday,
when tho rongi'i'gntion was very scanty,
did clergyman, Mr. P.itt3,'ion, t.i hia sur
prise, saw (he delicate form of tho I ail v
jof Elm.-wood kneeling in her usual (dare
her meek head bowed in ptavcr. When
took his arm in silence, and, feeling thai
sh (v-i.li trembling with col.!, ho h d her to
ards ihe redory, whither hiswii.; .'"i'
J.-6..,. I, .J , J. ill! Iilllhfl
i-oinpasstonatcly upon het, ss he endeavor-
.:il to shield her Iroui tiie beating rain, f.ii
-ho appeared so feeble, thai without h'
iielp she must have fallen.
Thii :.s!ling wcailn-r for one ho teen -so
dtliiMie and weak )s ymi,' he said cmt
ly. 'Surely you would nol venluio lo ieiv
linine on a day like this.'
'1 come lit re for consolation, ' she a::
I'.vi red, sadly, 'you know nol how iiiutli I
need it.'
'But (Jod is in every place, dear Inly
From your secret (-lumber lie bean yout
,iraver nrisc, and Mirely it id not wtil t.
risk your life ilius.1
'.My lif ' sh: ex. I iluied, inn lone ol
.rief that broiitjhl leari in ihe oil mm'
eyes; 'my i.irt:! Why hould I nursu nnd
cherish H, as it were a precious ili'mt!? !m
would miss ine if I wire gone? I'orive
me! oh, forgive me!' t-!,e added, after a soon
s'lenec; 'I l.rrcw the;:" arc wild and Mnful
wordi. I-'orgetthal I have dpoken thei.i,
I'liiitk of r;ic only as ol one surely 'r: oil, in
whom j our minisirations have given mint
:omfi'rt than aught cisn on cat th. Ouod
nut kind I kuuw you sre- I, t my r.j.in
lie sometimes on your lips when ymi pfi
10 your Cod Wo are told iht pnyer of a
rish.eous nun availcth murh. Vill you
lo llu-?' site said earnestly, r lining hci
eyes to his face.
'As I hope, for peace I will,' answered he
with mm h emotion.
'A 'id whi-n oo hear t't it I am d . do
lot price 1'" i me, hut th ink Cm! ', ,at
'VO'iimIimI - int has foi .iil jicaee,'
'iJ.i urn .-peak sosa.t'.v, dear lady,' said
he rector. 'You o.n-i familiar with
Cod's Wi.id, sou haie read there, lhal lit
hn made tlie wm! !, even He. 'healeth iht
-roVf'O io l:ert.
Vf, I feril it,' she replied. 'He, in.
leed, hcalclh them, bul it is by taking iherr
o himself I have looked around me here,'
die continued, pointing to the graves by
which tltpy were surrounded, 'and envied
ihr.ee who have gone Lefere tr " to I'm Immi
where tlie weary .re at teat.'
Siimo few winds of curs fort the good r.'c-
tor spoke ho npprnaehrd his own ho'iH'
... ! ..... I ,l.n J, . .lorn. l',.,,i let in In it, 1
11 u Ol" lii:n no, tnu-i .j.,--. ...... ..... ,
little smdv where his daughter awaited l,.i..'m '" "-"'. F-'J
fh, ladv' hesitated, and seemed half kM", up to a certain lime, with about e
,if entering but he led her in and sfatcd her mJjl ccens. .7i length Ihe young gan.
beside the' lire while his daUiih'.tr Jivesied bkr be-an lo lose; one by 01.0 be plcdg
her of some of her damp garments and in
sisled on tmpping her in her own cloak.
7'liere was something so humble in the
lady's gratitude, something so sorrowfu
ven in her extreme beauty, uncared fo:
and neglected as she seemed, lhat tho kind'
hearted fairily al ilia rectory could but fee
t touching interest in her, and when at
Icilli bur cirriage, for which a messenger
lud been despatched, arrived lo convet
her homo, many kind words were spoken,
itid none could have supposed lhat, till thai
day, lbs lady had been a stranger.
The next Sunday was fina and bright,
but the lady was nul in liar place. She
was seen no more, even in Iter girden;
ii'd ihe rector, .vim made several rail
ilicu'pts lo bo admitted lo her presence
lit.ard lhat .she was vcrv ill. 1 1 'j doub'-
sd not, remembering her weakness and
her wan look", lhat l Ue hour for which
ils had !ongd wis approaching, and
ii,! idly would he lnve endesvo.rd, as
lha minister cfGod, to s.-nnoth the way
hif.ire her lo the ftravc. We have seer
that she, loo, wished for Ih? comfort ol
hi J presence, but even thin was denier
lier. Young, (forshe was on 'y in I er 20. 1
year.) innocent, beautiful, yl broker
hearted, she was left to m ttt Iter death
ilone. '
CIL7PTEII II.
It is lime lhal we sny someiln'ng ol
'he c.'nua of Hut ;rief which oppressed
he latly of til in wood, and which llu
t?iioranl ami unkind attributed lo somi
error of her pist life. Fur this purpose
;t is nccefsiry In turn lo the history o!
: n- oat ly yean. I I'-r mother died
t. - . t- - . mr. : - ' . . f
mm of extravicait Labi!; mn'tied t
s'-ror-.I lims within a yesr of hi fir
vif.'s death Mis marrio wiih '
v-n'iry heiress frpeil him for a whih
' otii preiiniary eoiharriTiient, but i!e-
i n i d f irevrr the paco of his hoou
'. I s b'idn was liau-li'y, vain, m! ill tern
,' icd, nnd the inilWH t enc h f-lt fo-
,.-r at fu st quickly oVofiPnml into a pos
litvo disLke. For a time, he scenic;!
n fi.td in the cat-;s". of his chill a con--(lUtnn
for ihe d'.-r, rri'ihles ff his do
iH";t:c lifn, bul lim rvt-ak mind thiistcd
;m -z-i!i in.'ot, .Hid lie f.tiinl it al tin
;aiiiii;:. I.ildc. Ily degrees i pis.sioti f.ii
;iLv al'siiibcd every othr feeiin- Tin
lur h of so neir, thuiia.li it give hint n
plcasui", did mil keep him loii froir
his dai'lui:; poisui', end, ns year passed
'iy, ho saw less of his family, an I ap
jenvil lo become to'ally indiff -i ml v
ei iluir W'lfarc. Thus his d.iiialiln
was left a victim lo the cipniv Knd ill
io's of her vain and hivo'iiu imo'h
r. Few tvcie Hie reair-ml-r'if.ecs o
ier chil liioinl, which sh even in the
deep 1'iaN of her after Itf-1, co'ild rprtl
wiih anything of plcaun'. The spoiled
itid petied son of her s!epmoth"r, imi
t.iting I ho small tyranny of his ptreni.
o.i every occnion aseiieil his stipeii
l iorily over llis c.-.-ntb' uii I, whos,;
it was alrradv IfsniinR its Irsnno of hit
rntliiy and nihnus'ioii When she hi
rown lo wonni.hnoil, lor txtraoidi
inry bn-iuiv, though it did not iuerpsn
ihe good will o!" I cr stepmother, wm
vet locked upon by htr lather with
icmething ofelfi-li pridc.arid he slread
y calcuhtcd tbe cdvinlig s wlict.
niht accrue lo himjelf fro.-t. hr n;a
king what i' termed 3 v.w m trii.'
It was while Ihesp Ifiiin ht n-re mi
Hiring iolo )!.ins for 'h-- l.,iiii'-i,i
if his obj-'Cl, lb . I he m ule fti-ip i 1. 1 1; (l
vith thn lrrdly O'.vnrr (f IClmwood n
mrtn in lb" pr:n o f life ye'. Ii in- him
self, .in hch'nual gnmblcr. In llietr fre-lmost hstelol hours nl my .H7 i '-"'.arnesily, 'Ali.'. yu love ilns chilli: she
ni.i :l mseiir.'V, ihc-s t'.vo men becsmrjdry your ryes. Your rented part-n- w-lt; 0n i,e mo'lierlcss, there will he nore
- , , .
ed all his posessionn, and in the end,
ose from the table a ruined man. 11.
night raise the money lo pay the debt,
iui only by irjuring his properly p:m
ecovery, His companion obsi rved
the s'ruggU in his miri(l;he balanced (he
dractsftes of insisting on the psyment
jf ihe debt; for a while he wanted the
money, he yel did not wish for ihe pub
icily whic'i the present i.fTiir, il pre
severed in, must (jive to the nuturs ol hi.-
resources.
Come!' said he, aftsr sonic nfl.Mion
II, : II l. . . r
i uiiuiv ii vvuui'i ue i o coo i it o I -' ii i lot
you lo pay a sum like ll is Let u
omproniis1 ihe mutter. I hue i ilau1
ter beau' ful as an an j-I; nut iy bur am
I will lake your Join j o as three qtitj
ers payment o( your debt.'
'You must bj vory fond of you
laughter,' said (ho auditor sarcasiically
veiy fond indeed. Dous sho at all le
tembln yourself?'
'I have lold you she is beautiful,' iva
he reply. 'You may even see her, it
you will, before you decide.'
The young man iemaine.1 for a while
in a state of moody abstraction, and thei
xclaime'd. No, no.' I don't want it
ste her. I'll marry her if she is as tig.
ly as Sin. There is my hand upon it.
They sat down again, called for wil
ing malaria's, am! wrote ihe one i
ifomise of marriage lo a women he hul
ever seen; and the other, a discluig
of ihe Ihrci? fom llis of ih dt?bl iIuh i
'iim, on condition of llu; fu'lilrr.cnt ol
he pledge agreed upon. 7'ne Iwo pa-
p'M were duly signed, and the pa lio-
nnrattd. And thus ihe f.t'li",
,IIM I I, O I . . I !
oi wo-d liM.iined his biidc! She
vas lold 1 1 in c p ire lo receive her futur
iishaii., ,;!,: - it; ki ev resistance woul
:! in va ii. II r fs'.ht r hjd become si
-si ranged fom her, tliai she d ir -d si
(i-oliin in opposition lo his command.
ml her step mother showed loo openly
Ii-) j ij sho fill io the ino'.pei
of being til of one," whose very p
jpuce was a 1 scit repi o irh lo her c n
!onsience, f..r lhn poor girl to entei
aio a li'ipi Ih.tl s'le o iM ii.la cede f
ier.
The fit ire hush .in,! ctnv. and wa-
lOl iloW tO p'f'CPiVrt lilt! I C)'!gi ViCI 0
lis betrothed. li' prid-' and s-lf loi'i
as interested at ii'icj.' and lu ilevottd
iiis atlejiiicns to th hilheitu r.c loctci
girl, filling her icr with the we-l voic
,f praise and love, til! ha won, not only
! cr graiiiude bul her ntieriinri. In i
cw weeks she became his bride, am
vent with him lo his stately home
here for a while, she deemed ' bcisrll
!iap er lha l slie hid ever been hi-foc.
I5ut he soon .slackened hi attentions, sn1
sometime.' helrayed the hiHernr.t eni!
violenct' ol Ins temper even lo her. Out
lay, when he had spoken lo her with
rii l,: sod, D9 she felt, imd. served
hiivhoess, tlm feelings ihsi had fm
ouie lime hen gi lii'i'iig slrenn'h h
h r I B t't f'Kiri.l tittei ( ure arid h'io pn
s fiiviU'ly ei licaipil in knoiv what sh
iiail done lo foiliel his li ve.
'My love.' h said eoniempliions'y.
'did you not hear why I mametl yon?'
'I thought -I hoped you loved me,'
she answered, in low, timid roue.
You ihcuihl you hoped? l)n;
your fa her never (el you of our bar
gain.' I nave my hand in payment ofc
gambling debt 'o yi ur exct lleol nn I rts
pucied faihpr. Mmliiy ii noprnl ouj
ar, no doiil ), urn' ih-vpi knew ihr.! y-.n
were tor cod upon rr: ami trial "wjfy n..j.,.,. She dismissed Alice, be, r
vottr every look remi'-d m? of '0.,;in. ierts she was leaving the roomwid
has-
r,o oMuot, made yon a cnpiidi sc
trfss. but we need not pre'end to mts
uiidersiatifl e.i! ntliT. We have earh
won our rewind io .bis blest union
you are mis' res of Elm wood, and I a"1
a ve.l, from ruin, which would bo bad
enough; and ex posuie, which would be
wmsp
My father." stammere J ihe I.nlv.
Yes, Nodouhi his conduct proceed
ed from the purest affection for your
self, lie had, of course, every reason
to believe I should make an excellent
husband. There was nothing of self in
lerest in what he dnl-no desim to make
t I r . a
i Hioi oi mys.-ii. ii malirs nn' lip;
d ied with increased bitterness, 'I have
na In mye'f a iromiss ihnl he ens 1 1 neve
ro my threshold; and I imvr brr.k
oy word yel, as you know,' bowing lo
ner vv Ih mock civility.
He lefi the room, and l.i bewih'errd
icarr rirnainod long standing in tho
"ill attitude, utterly confounded by
i e words he had spoken. WasiMrm?
II 1 1 he, indeed, said he did not love
iei? Was every hope gone from her
or evei JV49 lur very presence haJr-
t'ul to n i in? Oh, !hat she bad died wiih)
he Messed belief lh.it he loved hei!
Where could sha lurn for help, for ad
vict? Her dream of happiness was past
nothing could restor? ii.' Such weie
the thoughli that passd acrrAss her mind
igain and again and, in truth, it won
1 hard thing for a heal I so young, and
so loving, lo feel ilsr If desole ami fjr-
aken.
Altir a limo, the ho'io of winnin hii
Suciion rose within her, and long ami
iilisnly sha strove lo rcaliZ" it; hul ol.-i!-!
11 vain? Months passed on, aud Ihft
ioor drw near, in which she expected
t) become a nioMier. When, so,i wai
o n 10 nci, once moie ner nope ipviv
d. 'Stuiciy.' silo tnoiigtii, 'ioi ii.e s.'.i.s
f his child l)p vvill love me , Hot
.ain she wa disappointed. He had !"('
uincd lo his old frionufl, ami to his old
1 MUpments, 1l1.1t sh) could never f 1
1 d ci iu his li"ai",
Eight yeats elapsed between t!,0
imc- of ter marriage and lh scp'-.p with
vliich our t.,1 1 upciicd. A'l lhat sh
hid endured in thai intervn, none may
(now. Her el'le.Tl boy, as soon as h?
v.is ah'e to talk, became Lis litlier'.s
p lytiiiiig, and quick 'y I - arned lo 1 ugh
,1 Ins mother's aulhonty. fcond
0 t, who was sliil dfi er to hr than
tip first, becinse ihe was s'i!l more un
:i i:py al tho lime cf hi birth, lived 011
y a few moolli.i.and she wept alone b --ido
his grave, lh-r youngest darling.a
:i iJit ioi-y girl, with dimpled smile,nd
yes full of gladness, was little merej
lun a year old al lha time Ldy E'm-
wood lay on her rleath bed.
Wo return to lhat death bed, when?
ve Icil the dying snff.-rer breathing -I
uid (he sonows lhat had weigh- d down
ocrspiiit for years. Exlnusted, at
Ungth, she had once more sunk into si
lence, when a light knock was heard at
he (lorn' and in a f 1 w monv n , the
oimsc admittt d a woman c;r'yiog a
lovely infant. The lady ed 1 e
I'hild in her -arms kissed again and gsiu
c hef-ks and hp?, and almost smiled
ih'-n sha felt the touch ol its ccol hand
on her b ow. -You must leave her with
ne 10 tiitihi, Alice, she said, turning 10
he young woman who had carried the
'hild- 'I will undiess her. Nurso
i:ip me to get up.'
1 was in vain the old nurse remonstrated
.he lady peisisied, and suppotied bv pil
lows, sh Jai up in her bed, ai d lender' y
lonsmed the buoys clothes, and wrapped it
to its htile niht dress She even played
uiih i1 of eld, and snnlcd to hear its r.ier-
i0 care lor nr. un, oe imiiiiui 10 your
charge Cherish her, do nol desert liir;
and may the blessing of her dyipf ciftthtf
Le uh you to your las hour.