They drove rapidly through the emptying streets. Her eyes were insane with rage, crusted with yellow and green, only beginning to heal from her long sojourn underground. Unless—would he hide from them as he had hidden from her? It was a big house, he said. Supper was quickly served; the oldest bottle of wine was brought from the cellar; the strongest barrel of ale was tapped; but not one of the party could eat or drink—their hearts were too full. He was the junior of both his sisters, co-educated and much broken in to feminine society. A maidservant held the front door open. But not once in these ten years had they borne blossom or fruit. After debating with himself whether he should further seek an interview, which, though, now in his power, was so sedulously shunned by the other party, he decided in the negative; and contenting himself with writing upon a slip of paper the hasty words,—"You are known by the villagers,—be upon your guard,"—he gave it to the ostler, with instructions to deliver it instantly to the owner of the horse he pointed out, and pursued his course. ” “So far,” she continued, eyeing hungrily the last morsel of roll which lay upon her plate, “my only chance of occupation has lain with a photographer who engaged me on the spot and insulted me in half an hour. Ann Veronica pushed aside a tea-cup and the vestiges of her strawberries and cream, and put her elbows before her on the table. But the figure was evidently too intent on peering within the ballroom to pay any attention to what might be occurring outside. “You will write to me, I am sure—and from the date of your letter I trust most earnestly that I may come back to my old place as “Your devoted friend, “WALTER BRENDON. Montague Hill.
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