And at last they find out, to their greatest surprise, That't is easier far to be “merry than wise.” “Here is Mr. Cashel; here he is!” exclaimed a number of voices, as Roland, with a heart full of indignant anger, ascended the terrace upon which the great drawing-room opened, and at every window of which stood groups of his gay company. Cashel looked up, and beheld the crowd of pleased faces wreathed into smiles of gracious welcome, and then he suddenly remembered that it was _he_ who had invited all that brilliant assemblage; that, for _him_, all those winning graces were assumed; and that _his_ gloomy thoughts, and gloomier looks, were but a sorry reception to offer them.…
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