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Murder, theft, and arson combined, would scarcely have been more horrible in his eyes. "Holy saints, deliver us!" was his shocked answer. Norman Hylton came to the rescue. "I have here a small strip of parchment," said he, "if his Grace were pleased to make use thereof. I had laid it by for a letter to my mother, but his Grace's need is more than mine."
'No, George; they're the very things for an afternoon dance, and quite a lot of couples could dance in them, you see. But for walking ah, I'm afraid you sacrifice too much to appearances. 'I don't, really! George protested in all good faith; 'now do I, Mrs. Hylton? 'Flossie is making fun of you, George; you mustn't mind her impertinence. 'Oh, is that all?
Hylton, not in the best of tempers, for she had been more sorry for George than for the rupture he came to announce, and she swept out of the room with very perceptible annoyance. 'I thought it was all up with me, Ella; I did indeed, said George, a minute or two later, his face still pale after all this emotion. 'But tell me what's wrong with the furniture I ordered?
She made no answer, nor did Mrs. Hylton again refer to the subject. But Ella's worst tribulations had yet to come. That afternoon, as she and her mother and Flossie were sitting in the drawing-room, 'Mrs. and the Miss Chapmans' were announced. Evidently they had deemed it incumbent on them to pay a state visit as soon as possible after Ella's return.
The house and the prisoner were left in the hands of Matthew, Father Jordan, and Perrote. Norman Hylton accompanied his master. Lady Foljambe's mind had grown tolerably easy on the subject of Ivo, and she only gave Perrote a long lecture, warning her, among other things, never to leave the door unlocked nor the prisoner alone.
Amphillis's heart said "except," and her conscience turned away and declined to pursue that road. Norman Hylton had shown no preference for her beyond others, so far as she knew, and her maidenly instinct warned her that even her thoughts had better be kept away from him.
For instance, Hylton, loyal friend as he is, has not to my knowledge done me the honour of shedding tears over Petit Patou." I felt horribly out of place on the bench in this public leafy park, beside these two warring lovers. But it was most humanly interesting. Lackaday seemed to be reinvested with the dignity of the man as I had first met him, a year ago.
He said after a while: "I'm afraid I have made things very difficult for you." She was pierced with remorse. "Oh, how like you! Any other man would have put it the other way round and accused me of making things difficult for him. And he would have been right. For I did come here to get news of you from Anthony Hylton. He was so discreet that I felt that he could tell me something.
Hylton, a little impatiently; 'and of course you understand that the bills are to be my affair. 'Thank you, mother, murmured Ella again. She didn't feel able to tell them just yet how this had all been forestalled; she felt that she would infallibly break down if she tried.
'I don't quite gather what your brother George has been doing, even now? said Mrs. Hylton to Jessie. 'Oh, but my lips are sealed. Wild horses sha'n't drag any more from me! Don't be afraid, Ella, I won't spoil sport! 'There is no sport to spoil, said Ella. 'Mother, it is only that that George has furnished the house while I have been away. 'Really? said Mrs.
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