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"CRUEL AS THE GRAVE." 211dreary amazement upon her troubled face, ancl sheheard the key turned in his dressing-room door.Thc day had dawned when Harriet Routhwent gently up-stairs to her bedroom.She wasperfectly calm. She opened the window-shuttersancl let the light in before she lay doyy-n on herbed. Also, she unlocked a box, which she tookfrom her wardrobe, and looked carefully into it,then put it away satisfied." As she closed hereyes, she said, half aloud, Ican do no more;but she can save him,and she shall."At one o'clock on the following day-, HarrietRouth, attired, as usual, in simple but ladylikedress, and presenting an appearance on which themost impertinent of pages would not have daredto cast an imputation, presented herself at No. 4Hollington-square, Brompton. Mrs. Bembridgelived there,but Mrs. Bembridge was not at home,ancl would not be at home until late in the evening.Would the lady leave her name ? No;butshe desired Mrs. Bembridge might be informedthat a lady had called, and yvould call again atthe same hour on the morrow, who hacl found an