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Orme, will you let me ask you a favour? Perhaps you will not say anything about my coming here. I have been very unhappy; I have indeed; and " Mrs. Furnival's handkerchief was now up at her eyes, and Mrs. Orme's heart was again full of pity. Of course she gave the required promise; and, looking to the character of the woman, we may say that, of course, she kept it. "Mrs. Furnival!
He remembered that he had given her only the scantiest account of his adventure at the tree, for he had wished to spare her the details of an incident that meant her disappointment as well as his own. She might now readily attribute his reticence to a desire to conceal something. And then came her voice. Her first words brought a glow to Orme's heart: "I know that you are mistaken.
As I came from the rear, mounted, I was supposed to be of the Confederate forces, and so I got through the weary and scattered columns of pursuit, already overloaded with prisoners. By morning I was far on my way toward the Potomac. Then I felt in my pockets, and opened the wallet I had found en Orme's body.
The general had lain with his eyes closed and scarce breathing, so that I thought that he had fainted. But he opened his eyes, and seemed to read at a glance the meaning of Orme's set face. "Gentlemen," he said, more gently than I had ever heard him speak, "I pray you leave me here and provide for your own safety.
When wilto coom to Thornleigh Arms to have th' five shillin' paid over?" "Eh, I doubt Ted 'ud sooner ha' th' five shillin' worth," suggested one of Ted's boon companions. "I dunno," replied Ted; "I reckon I'd as soon ha' th' brass." "Ah, but thou'lt coom to Orme's for it?"
And yet, though Stafford Orme's face was rather too handsome than otherwise, the signs of weakness which one sees in so many good-looking faces did not mar it; indeed, there was a hint of strength, not to say sternness, in the well-cut lips, a glint of power and masterfulness in the grey eyes and the brows above them which impressed one at first sight; though when one came to know him the impression was soon lost, effaced by the charm for which Stafford was famous, and which was perpetually recruiting his army of friends.
Those strong, straight features the eyes, with their look of sympathetic comprehension, so like the girl's the lips, eloquent in their calmness surely this was her father. But Orme's heart beat faster, for the face of this man, framed in its wavy gray hair, was familiar. He seemed to know every line of it. Where had he seen this man?
Kate fell back from the door which she had instinctively barricaded. "Perhaps that is it," she murmured, letting Mrs. Peyton pass. Mr. Orme's returning carriage-wheels crossed Mrs. Peyton's indignant flight; and an hour later Kate, in the bland candle-light of the dinner-hour, sat listening with practised fortitude to her father's comments on the venison.
At any rate I have promised her, and you would not have me break my word." Thus she again gained her point, and it was settled that for the present Lady Mason should be allowed to occupy her own room, her own room, and occasionally Mrs. Orme's sitting-room, if it pleased her to do so. No day was named for her removal, but, Mrs.
His unbroken silence of years had been instinctive. Now, when it was too late, he suddenly realized that it had been the thread that held him to Nadir. He had broken it. Never more could he and the Reverend Orme sleep beneath the same roof, eat at the same table. He saw it in the Reverend Orme's face. Leighton had staggered back to his chair and sat staring vacantly at the floor.
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