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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1891-8-6, Page 3• T1 S, HUMAN ASD DIVINE. UV R. L. F.iliR,I1f!.tON, Author of "Oreat Forcer Square," "The 14lystety of M. Foix,.,°' "Bread and Cheese and Kisses," Etc., Etca, The First bink—Supplied by Mr. Millington, of Shepherd's Bush "Yore spoke e tr u1^ when you said that some people are apt to judge harshly, I am afraid that is the ease with the servants here." " But they have not heard what Honoria has to say !" " If they did," I said, with gentle firm- ness, "it" is not unlikely she would be dis- believed." I did not 'add that. it -would harden them even more against her ; it was the last of my wishes to give pain to the tender-hearted lady. With the same abrupt decision I had al- ready noticed in her manner Miss Haldane said. ":lir I►iillangton, Honoria must be found.', " Poor $ororia-poor Uonoria l Title's of the terrible night before ber ! livery house shut against her ! Bveryone she meets turning from her 1 0, air. Millington, if I had been a poor girl it might have happened me'." "Never," 1 thought, but I held my tongue. She took a purse from her pocket, and emptied it into m hands. There were six soverei'nis and a few pieces of silver, "I shia11 never be able to repay you," she said, "if you will find Honoria, and give her thio, with my love and pity. You are a father, and will be tender to her. See' that she has shelter to night, and counsel'; her who to do will not t to rrcrrow. If she Come tp Me, ask her if 1 may come to her ; and if she will not, beg her to write to me, and say that I will always, always be her friend," $he entrusted me with many more sweet menages of a s]ntilarnature, and I promised to do ray hest to carry out her wishes. There to something else, air. Millington. Go to Mrs, Poem -in themorniag, and ricer. Iain what value she places upon the brooch and earrings which the tramp stole from her with the other things. Pay her whatever elle asks, and t will give you the money. I will not have Honoria's name coupled with any accusation of that kind, though I know the charge is false." "I will do everything," I said, "in the way you wish it done." "I am truly beholden to you," she said, shaking hands with tuc. And so I bade her good night, and went to find. Honoria. CHAPTER Vf. I pr. seeded in the direction of the village, not because t expected to And Honoria there, but it was likely I should be able to extract information from someone who saw her after she left the Hall. It was necessary that I should be careful in my inquiries, far the sake of the poor girl, and to ensure auccess in the task upon whreb I was engag- ed ; neither ilia I wish it to reach the ears of Mr. Madam that I was meddling in village affairs. But I learned nothing. aTot one of the persons to whom I spoke had seen anything of Honoria, and I found myself ata standstill. In a discontented mood I re. traced my eteps to the park, and wandered throe& the dark spaces, carefully scrutinis- ing auffilsely spot in which Honoria might have sought refugee for the night. I met with no success, however, and was debating where to proceed when I thought of Chud- leigh Woods. Fora stranger like myself to go there and search for a girl whose long residence in Chudleigh must have made its intricacies familiar to her was a forlorn hope, but it was the only hope thatre rained, anal turnedzltyface to therustiebridgewhiehspau- ned tho lake of lilies. Having crossed this bridge I paused to decide which direction to take, to the right or to the lefty Either way I was confronted with a tangle of trees which seemed to mock my efforts, Idly standing for a few moments on the edge of the lake I pushed fhb stout walking stick I always carried with me into the water, to sound its depths. I could not touch tho bottom, and I shuddered as I reflected that it was deep enough to end the woes of any rash and despairing mortal. One plunge upon such a night as this, and the wretched life was "over. Did the quiet surface upon which I gazed hide a tragedy soawful? Com- mon enough in human records was such an ending of folly and sinful temptation. Before I had determinad on my course my attention was attracted by a red glow in mid air at the other end of the bridge. A man was there, walking towards me, and the glow came from a cigar he was smok- ing. As he approached me I observed that he was in evening dress, but the night was too dark for me to sec his face clearly. By his springy steps I judged bim to be young, and there was a noticeable freedom, not to say insolence, in his movements which im- pressed me strongly. His appearance in evening dress, in a spot so secluded aroused my curiosity. Ue was a gentleman—I azo setting down the conclusions I formed as he traversed the bridge—and came from the Hall. Certainly for no idle purpose ; there were pleasanter places in the park in which he could have smoked without interrup- tion. Why,' then, had he. chosen these lonely woods in which ;,o puff his cigar ? I know the flavour of a good cigar, and his was an exceptionally fine one, which only a gentleman could afford to smoke. It was perhaps bbcause I was in search: of a clue that I associated this gentleman with Honoria. I was ready to catch at any straw that presented itself, and I caught at this, and determined to watch his proceedings. Whether' I was right or wrong it could do no harm. I kept myself well in shadow, end when, • eying crossed the bridge he turned,, with. e t hesitation, to the left I followed him so e ietly that. I was safe from deteotien. It generally easy to tell whether a man As walking aimlessly or with a distinct goal in view ; the manner of the gentleman 1 was following indicated the latter, and the result proved it to be se. We had gone about five hundred. yards, when he paused before a rough bench which had been set up in . the forest. Upon this bench sat a woman, who raised her head. ",at his approach. - Otherwise she did not move or speak till he addressed •• her. The woman was Honoria, - They .gazed at each other in silence a While ; a frightened, piteous 'expression oli her.faco—a scornful, pitiless expression on his. a Well," he said, " you are here." Yes:" "Been waiting. long?" •,' Yes." " Ah I Now perhaps yon will tell me what the devil brought you back to the vile loge 7" " You know l" " I don't know. Come, out with it ! You will do yourself ne good by prevaricating." "I •Wanted to see you. "In the name of all that's wonderful, wt, at for?" ta to u now s 1 . "I don't know," " You do." In maintaining her point she exhibited no defiance. Itwas a simple and helpless iteration of the truth. "All right ;1 do know. Gaal night.": "Austin 1" " Weil ?" But Honor's, wbethc.' from weakness of character or sheer despair, did not answer him. She was thoroughly cowed and beaten own, and all silo could do was to silently elasp her hands and with mournful eyes ap. peal to him for mercy. He had turned to leave her, but he thon_aht better of it, and now once more heconftanted her. "How did you ascertain I was Isere?" " I guessed you would be. Last year be. fore I—" She paused. Go on. Before you— °' "Went away, there was a talk of a .cele- bration of this birthday. 1 came upon ebauee." " A devilish unlucky chance. • Yon had better have remained where you were." "1 could not." "" Why V" "I was turned out of my lodgings. I had 1 no money to pay the rent." A likely story. How did you get here?" " I walked." "All the way?" "A11 the way." " Yau meet have enjoyed yourself." Het" vas so utterly heartless that I could have struck him ; but to carry out bliss IHaldane's merciful intention it was imper. glee' should keep myself from the obser. vation of this gentleman "Give me your attention." he said presently, " You ought to know me pretty well by this time, and if you think you can turn me from • any purpose I have formed you will find out your mistake. I told yon in Loudon that I was tired of you, and in- tended to have nothing mare to do with you. Yon don't dispute, I suppose." " don't dispute it. You told inc so ; but what ism I to do ?" " Ideal care what you do. The world is'. before you." " Austin." she said, with some poor show of spirit, " whim you Leek me from the village---" " Ile careful in what you say. It was your own choice," "God help me, it was 1 But 'believed in your promises." "Mare fool you 1 Iahould ha rebeen asgrent a fool as yourself if I had believed in your protestations. We were both playing our own game. You wanted to go to London. I took you there, and a pretty penny you cost uta" ''Yon promised to marry' me." ""0. yes, the usual cry I" "You promised solemnly, and I believed you. How should I have finessed you were deceiving me?" " I?an'teek me conundrums, I made no promise to you that I have not fulfilled. As for marrying, you must be mad. You have no elaim upon mo, and I will take precious good care thatyou dont annoy me. There's the law, my lady. ; if you don't mind you will got into its clutches." " Mat have I clone to deserve it?" " Whtat have you done ? Why, the whole v.11ugo is ringing with it. If I lied suspect - ad yon were a thief—" "Austin," she cried, interrupting him, you don't, you ean't believe it i" " I do believe it, and so does every one. Let ns put this thing straight, my ;girl; I should like yon to understand it olearly, so that you may not get yousolf into trouble. You ran away from the village—don't inter- rupt me again, please. You are not the only young woman who has run away from a village, and you won't be the last. On the night yon disappeared the woman you were living with was robbed of somearticlea of jewellery. You are liable at any mo. ment to be taken up en that charge, and clapped into , rieon. I don't want to move in the matter unless you force me to it." " All you want," said Honoria, mourn- fully, "is to get rid of me." "Exactly. 'The little comedy iu which you and I played the principal parts is finished. It wasn't by any moans an origi- nal comedy : the world knows it by heart. The curtain fell and 1 bade you good-bye, and left you twenty pounds to start afresh with. If you didn't make good use of the money, that is your business, not mine, and I dont intend to make it mine. Pm not a sponge." s of hershame was 1 story ans a no longer a t rYo ge Secret, The Chances were, in her state of mind, that she would repulse me and: fly from me : and even if I succeeded in detaining her she would look upon me with suspicion and, roger(' me as an .enemy instead as a friend. My purpose was to win herconfidence, and title would scarcely be possible if I showed that I was fully acquainted with her sad position. Therefore, I determined' to wait patiently until she removed from the spot, and afforded ins a more favourable oppor Utility of introducing myself. For quitedid 0 a quarter of anhour she not 4 move fom her seats I was prepared for au exhibition of grief and despair, but not a sound escaped her. She sat perfectly still, with her hands clamped before her, hareems - Per thatonewhose nand was a ban tla of and blank. Some light sound from bird or animal arous, ed her. With a frightened, look her nerves being in the coitdition to construe threaten- ingly any indication of life that reached her senses, she rose to her feet, and, as though sae had been ordered front the spot by a voice of authority, moved away. In whieh direction? That of the rustic bridge which 'spanned the lake. That led to the park? Ie'rom the park there was a road to the rail- way station, from which a train for London would have at twelve o'clock. I looked at my watch ; it wasaquarter to eleven. There was plenty of time for Honoria to get to the station in time to eaten foie last train. Per, haps that was her intention, her errand to Chudleigb baring failed. Then I thought that Miss Haldane had told meUonoriawas penniless, but, after all, that might not be the case. Doubtless she bad money enough to take her to London, and if she ]tad not, I could supply nor with mere than wasueedfni. I itied is a girl sinecrely, andhcartilydespie, ed her betrayer, but I had not made up my mind as to her character. I followed her noiselessly to the lake, determined to wait till she was near the station before I accost. ed her. At the lake site pansed in thought for so long a time that I began to get anxious. Once she turned her head hurriedly in my direction, and it was May 1•y a rapid and silent movement that I eseepeel being seen by her. : hen she walked slowly on to the bridge, and wilco ahe reached the centre, paused again, and looked overiuto the lake. It was at this point that the water was deepest. There was now a. light its the sky, and I saw distinetly every movement she made. fittit.g (lawn upon the floor of the wooden bridge she took from her po:ket an envelope, and f -am that a abeet of note- paper, upon which she wrote some swords. Replacing the sheet of paper in the envelope she returned it to her pocket, and then, with a sudden and quick motion she stand upright. Tho decision and rapidity of this movement inspired hue with the fes: that she wase about to commit suicide. This indeed was her iutentiou. Flinging up her arms she stoo 1 for a moment in suspense, with the light shining upon her, and before she could carry her desPerate purpose into execution she was struggling in my arms. CHAPTER VII. «Let the go, Iet ins goI" site cried. ",r .. In a momenta' I said soothingly lot n , s. ur get off this bridge first ; it is unsafe." Recognising that silo was powerless she allowed me to lead her across. After her first protest she said nothing marc while I kept my hold on her. Beset by fears, sur- rounded by enemies, she must have put the worst construction upon my unexpected appearance. I did all I could by kind and. assuring words to sot her mind at ease with respect to me, and when we were at a safe distance from the lake I said, "Thatrickety cld bridgenceds repairing. .No wonder you felt dizzy as you were cross- ing it. I almost tumbled into the water myself. You are all right now, are you not?" Instead of answering my question she asked me another. " Where are you going to take tae?" "Nowhere,'' I replicd, with a smile, "except you wish me to show you the way to any place. Though, for the matter of that, I don'tpromiso to bo of muck use, as I am a stranger in the village." " Don't you know me ? Have you never seen me before?" I answered withoet the least hesitation or compunction. " No, I don't know you, and I have never seen you before." A sigh of relief °soaped ber, "But now I look at you," I continued, "I shouldn't wonder if you are the girl I'm searching for." Again the expression on her face was one of fear, as that of a person who was being hunted down. " Now, my dear—don't mind my calling you my dear ; it's only in a fatherly way, and I want to be your friend if you'll let ore—don't get wrong thoughts into your head. AllI know about you, supposing you to be the person I'm looking for, is what Miss Haldane has told me, anal it isn't like- ly, is it, that she should say anything about you or any ono that wasn't kind and god?" " Ulises Haldane 1" "Yes, my dear, Miss Haldane, as sweet a young lady as ever drew- b Bath. I`hap- pened to come down to -night upon a little matter of business, and Miss Haldane, hap- pening to see ine, asked me to do her a service. las the first time I've over been in Chudleigh, and everybodyand everything, except Miss Haldane, is new to me, and that perhaps is why she pressed me into her serv.-ee. Of course I don't know what was her reason ; I'm only making a guess at it. There's -e, grand ball at the Manor House to. night, you know, and I'm not one of the guests, not being a gentleman. ' Mr. Mil- lington'—that's my name, my dear—' Mr. Millington,' Miss Haldane says to me, ' there's a young friend of mine to whom I am afraid the servants in the Hall have be% hayed unkindly. She is. very sensitive, and has gone away, when I wanted her to remain. I wish you would go and find her, and do what zyou can to help her, and give ner my love.' ' "She said that?" " She said that, my dear. " And give Iter love, andsaythat I am her friend,and my shall always be her friend, She hasn't many, poor girl.' •Then, my dear, she gave ,me a description of you, 'and told me your name was Honoria. Is it ?" " You are not deceiving me ?" • " Look me in the face, my dear, and say whether it's likely I would deceive a girl who might be my daughter, being a father myself, and be base and mean enough to invent a story to lead her astray ?" " No," 'said Honoria, casting 'a timid glance. at me, "you don'tlook like one of that sort." • !' I made the money last as well as I could ; and you know, Austin, I wrote to. you more than once." ' Did you?" But although this exclama- tion implied denial I saw that he had receiv- ed the letters. "I did, and asked you what I was to do but you never replied. Austin, don't drive me to despair. You don't know what is be- fore me—something that makes me tremble to think of. It would be better forme to be dead than to live through what is coming un- less you keep the promise you made me." "Is that all you have to say? he asked, flicking the ash• off his cigar. "What more can I say, Austin?" "I can't suggest. You have already said too much." " There is one thing I could do if you abandon me." "What isit?" " Expose you." He laughed. " Who would believe you? Who would take the word oats thief and a wanton against that of a gentleman? There have been plenty ofthese trnmped.up charges; look them up, and see who has come best off. You would but expose your own shame, my lady. Now, just look here. Dare to threaten me again, and I'll set the police on you. Be reasonable, and I'll help you on a bit, as I would help a stranger. Here's a sovereign; you can get back to London with it ; and then, never let me hear of you again. You can't say now that I'm hard on you." He held out the sovereign to her, but she did not take it. • "Is that all you will, do?" she asked.. "0 !" he said, " do you want more?" "It is not money I mean." "I can't think of anything else. Will you be sensible, and take a couple of i-'ver- eigna? " No." " Then I've nothing more to say. Good night." He turned on his heel, and walked leisure- ly away, giving her time to call.him back. But she spoke no word, and presently he was out of sight and hearing. Mywhole attention was now centred upon Honoria.' , T felt that if I now suddenlyre- sented myself I should frustrate the . object I had in view. Honoria would know that I had been eavesdropping, and that the true "I'm not one of that sort. HI were it isn't likely a sweet lady like Miss Haldane 'would put such trust in me. Then she says to me, 'Perhaps Honoria is in want of money,' and ahe empties her purse into my hand. ' Give her this, and ask her, if she will not come to me, to let me come to her, and beg her, with my love,lto write to me.'" I took Honoria's hand in mine, and put into it the gold and silver which Miss Haldane had entrusted me with. She. looked'at the money with.eyes in which tears were rising. I hailed this softened mood with satisfac- tion ; atisfac-tion; it was the best of signs. " And mind,' says Miss Haldane, 'e you're not to leave Honoria till you see her comfortably provided for.' Then, having to dress for the ball, she sent me . away to find you, and 1 don't fox a moment •doubt, if her dutiesbad not kept her at the Hall, that she would have come out with me to look for you. Well, my dear, it was rather a wild goose • obese I was engaged in, and I hardly knew which way to look. I wouldn't go to the village, " Why?" "Because Miss Haldane "ave me to un- derstand that it would be of no use to look there foryou. You will most likely,'s she said,find Honoria somewhere in tho ar k or the woods,' and it was there I searched for you. You weren't in the park, so far as I see, and I went to the woods, and had given you up, for I saw no trace of you, and was coming backover thebridge when I caught sight of a figure orossiug that rickety struc- ture. I suppose you were alarmed, for y ou struggled to get away from me, and now, my dear, you know all it is in my me?" to toll you, I hope you believe me ?' " Yes,a said kionoria, "I believe you." A+td now she burst into a passion of tears. Out of tenderness for her, and to strengthen her confiticnee in me, I turned my head, and waited till her passion was spent. Then I said - "The q•testionisnow, What are we to do? I have only partly executed Miss Raidane's connnission. She won't be satisfied unless I finish it. I've got to look after you, you know." "I must ask you something first," said 1-ronoria. "1'il answer anything you put to me." " You searched the woods for me, and didn't Rod me." " No, I did not finch you, and I was great- ly disappointed." 'Did you see anyone there?" "Not asoul. The ,atace was as quiet end. lonely as a cburchyard. I don't mind eon- fessing I was glad to get out of it," She wiped her eyes, and looked at me at- tentively, " Well, my dear," I said with a smile. t t Do yr u think you can trust me " I meet tr • it yon," she replied, " there is no one else." Yon must have shelter for the night. Shall we go to the village?" " No," she said, shufidering ; " not there, sot there 1" " Yerllaps you would like to get back to London ?:, Can I1 It is so late'." "I have a time -table in my pooltet." I consulted it. As I have said,therc was a last night train for London, and there was,more. over, an early morning train from the city, which would enable me to get back to ('hndleigh Park in time for my appointment with Mr. Haldane. I told Veneris of the late train, " I will take it," she said. " And I will go with you," 1 said, " There is no occasion. I can go alone.' "My dear," I said, " you will allow me, as a father. to know what is best. I would not let a daughter of my own travelalone se late as this and I;aha11 not lot you. Besides, I have promised Miss Haldane to see you in safe shelter to -night, and I shall insist upon earryylug out her wishes. dile yielded without remonstrance, and we steeped an towards the station. It suited her humour and mine that our way lay through a bye road, where we were not likely to meet with any of the villagers, but we had firat to traversoa path from which I saw the lights in the Manor House shining. We had a few minutes to spare, and I asked Honoria whether she would mind waiting for me alone while I ran to the Hall, my reason—with which I made her acquainted --being to endeavour to communicate to Miss Haldane the news of Honoria's safety. "It will relieve Miss Haldanc's mind, I said. "She is very anxious about you and the knowledge that 1 azo taking care of you will contribute to bar enjoyment to night." " Yes, go," saki Honoria. " Yon will not run away." " I promise," she answered. " ahali 1 give any meisage to Miss Hal. dame from you ?a • " Say that I am humbly grateful," replied Honoria, ail added, after a struggle with herself, "and that I am unworthy of her kindness." " That, indeed, I shall not say,"I remark. ed, and, leaving Honoria ina secluded spot, I hastened to the. Hall. Good fortune befriended me ; I saw Rachel, and she stepped aside with me. "Tell Miss Haldane," I said, " that I have found Honoria, and azo going to Lon- don with her." " It will make her happy to hear it," said Rachael ; " she has been worrying about her. But, 0, Ms. Millington, what a trouble for you 1" " Not at all, my dear," I said. " I would do much more than this to serve so sweet a lady." " Mr. Millington," said Rachael, "I am so glad I know you, and that you are wbat you are. George was right:" "He is not wrong about many things, my dear," I said. " Not about me ?" she asked, with a pretty archness. • " Not at all about you, my dear," I said, and I kissed the good girl, there being no one to see us. "I shall be back in Chud- leigh to -morrow. Any word for George?" "My love, Mr. Millington." " I will give it him, Rachel." " My dear love," she said. " Yes, Rachel. • Good night, my dear." "Good night, Mr. Millington." I sped back to Honoria, with sonie slight misgivings as to -whether I should fiud•her; but she was faithful to her promise, and we arrived at the station before the train was there. Honoria kept herself out of ..view of the station master, and 1 succeeded in put- ting her in a third .class carriage without her being observed by any one who knew her. 'There were very few travellers by the train, and Honoria and I had a compartment to ourselves. It was during an endeavour to open a conversation with the poor girl that I noticed signs of exhaustion o in user. "You are faint,"I said. "I am hungry." "How careless of me not to have thought of it," I said, but I had no time to say more, for Honoria's eyes closed, and she sank back in a Swoon. I could do nothing to relieve her, not being provided with food or drink. As she lay before me I could not help seeing how beautiful she was. Her features were faultless and her dark hair and eyebrows, in contrast with her pallid face, added to her loveliness. A dangerous gift for. -a poor girl without parents or protector. My thoughts wander- ed to the man; she called by the name of Austin, who was clearly her betrayer. 1 -did not need to be told the story of the lietrayal.and the desertion; it was not, as he had said, a comedy, but he was right when he said that the world knew it by 'heart. Then I thought. of Miss Haldane. She had no suspicion of Honoria's shame, whenshe became acquainted with it, as one day she must, how would she act ? What a shock it would be to her pure heart to learn •that. Honoria bad fallen so low ! And for Honoria` herself what would be the end ? Too well did I divine the . meaning of the words she had spoken to her betrayer:' You don't know what is before me something that makes me tremble to think of, It would be better for me to be dead �. than to live •throngh-what is coming unless you keep the promise you made me." Was this man, Austin, a friend of the Haldane,s? The assignation in Chudleigh Woods with Honoria strengthened,. theppresumpt�ion, that. be was no stranger to t}te locality, and therefore no stranger at the Manor House, Was he trusted by bliss Haldane ? Had he• succeeded in con ceal ing his true eharctex front her? In these reflections T saw all the materials for apregnant drama of human life, although only one of its incidents had been, by accident, revealed to me. My business, however, was not with the future, bat the present. Thepoor insensible girl needed practical assistance, and while the traiu was speeding on I could not render l it to her. Luckily we stopped at a station; uniitekiiy there WAS no refreshment bar there. But 1 made a friend of the guard. For a consideration he supplied me with a slice of bread and butter, part of his night's meal, and water in a lemonade bottle, I moistened Honoria's lips with the water, and bathed her forhead with it. She opened her eyes. "Drink,"I said, "and eat this slice of bread. When we get to London you shall have something better. " She thanked =gratefully, and I managed' to sustain her spirits till we arrived at aur destivation. flailed a cab and informing the driver of our needs, he took us to a coffee house, where a cup of Izot coffee and some bread and meat put colour into Hon- orie's cheeks. I, also, being rather used up, was thankful for the refreshment. Where to ? " asked the driver. Strangely, l had not thought of a place, and I asked Honoria whether there were any lodgings to which I could take her.. No, she answered, she did not know of auy. She had had rooms in a house, but had been turned out of them, and she would not ta- ttoo. It was now between three and four o'clock in the morning, and as I was stand- ing in perplexity as to what to do, Honoria sand ; " Leave inc here ; I can manage for my self." "No," I said, "that is impo, sible. To leave you alone in London atreets at such an hour=' There was nothing for it but to take her to my house, and 1 will give the driver my address. I told Honoria what I had de- termined upon. "There is only my son and a maid at home," I said, "but you can rest on the sofa. till morning, when you will be able to get a plaee that will suit you." She looked at me in wonder I thought and we drove to Shepherd's Bush, where I dismissed the cab, and rang and knocked at Mr street door. I could not ltel? smiling to myself as I thought of Georges amaze- ment when be saw me at such a time of night hi the company of generis. Who's there?" George called out, presently, from the passage. " Ope:i the door, old man," I cried, " Why dad 1" exclaimed George, and the door was hastily thrown open. As I expect. ed, George, who was in his trousers, without coat or waistcoat, fell back at sight of Honoria. "Light the gas in the sitting.mom, George," I said. "Rurry up, old man." Ile obeyed mo in silence, and I conducted Hanoria to the room, where she stood with her hand resting on the table, and with rather a thoughtful obasrvance of George. " This is a friend of Miss Haldane's," I said to him, "at whose request T have brought to London. It would not have been proper for her to travel alone in the middle of the night." "Not at all, dart." " All the houses and hotels are closed, so I brought her home here, where she willstay till morning." " Quito right, dad " But George was obviously puzzled. " Yon can have my bedroom if you like," I said, turning to Honoria. " You mustbe dreadfully tired." "Tam ashamed to put you to so much trouble," she answered. " I will rest onthe sofa if you will allow me." " Very well. Is there anything more I can do for you ?" "Nothing, thank you. There is no man in the world who would have done so much." Rea lips trembled, and I made a motion to George to leave the room. " Will you shake hands with me?" asked Honoria. 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