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The new game kept him quiet: his mother was content to be on the watch, to see that no harm was done. In the meantime, the lawyer briefly stated his case. "You remember, Mr. Romayne, that your will was placed, for safe keeping, in our office," he began. "Father Benwell called upon us, and presented an order, signed by yourself, authorizing him to convey the will from London to Paris.
Before I left the house, I was charged with the rearrangement of the library. From that moment I came and went as often as I liked. Whenever Lord Loring was disposed for a little talk, there I was, to lead the talk in the right direction. And what is the result? On the first occasion when Romayne presents himself I can place you in a position to become his daily companion.
Her unlucky visit to Romayne at the hotel had been a subject of dispute between the two friends and this referred to it. "You shall have the address," my lady added in her grandest manner. She wrote it on a piece of paper, and left the room. Easily irritated, Lady Loring had the merit of being easily appeased. That meanest of all vices, the vice of sulkiness, had no existence in her nature.
Even the cabman, drawing up at the entrance to the street, expressed his opinion that it was a queer sort of place for a young lady to venture into alone. Stella thought of Romayne. She boldly approached the open door of No. 10, and knocked on it with her parasol.
Near them a group of men were standing, among whom were Switzer, Waring-Gaunt, and Jack Romayne, listening to Farwell's dissertation. "You see, Mrs. Gwynne," he said, "no one may handle the ball head, feet, body, may be used, but not the hands." "But I understand they sometimes hurt each other, Mr. Farwell." "Oh, accidents will happen even on the farm, Mrs. Gwynne.
Waring-Gaunt with her to superintend the work at the dump, leaving Mr. Romayne reclining on the grass smoking his pipe in abandoned content, while Kathleen busied herself clearing away and washing up the dishes. "May I help?" inquired Mr. Romayne, when the others had gone. "Oh, no," replied Kathleen.
Does that satisfy you?" Romayne hesitated. "It seems strange " he began. "What seems strange?" "I don't say it seems strange that you should be a priest," Romayne explained. "I am only surprised that a man of your simple way of thinking should have attached himself to the Order of the Jesuits." "I can quite understand that," said Penrose.
It is also reported, on good authority, that he will be attached to a Papal embassy when a vacancy occurs. These honors, present and to come, seem to remove him further than ever from the possibility of a return to his wife and child. June 8. In regard to Romayne, Mrs. Eyrecourt seems to be of my opinion.
Looking at his white face and listening to his tense voice, Jane felt as if she were standing at the edge of a mine that might explode at any moment. "Yes, to Mr. Romayne," she said, and waited, almost holding her breath. "It is not true!" he shouted. "It's a lie. Ha, Ha." Switzer's laugh was full of incredulous scorn. "Engaged? And how do YOU know?"
It was not pleasant weather to wait in. The day had dawned damp and drizzling. A thick white fog was slowly rolling in on us from the sea. When they did appear, the General was not among them. A tall, well-dressed young man saluted Romayne with stern courtesy, and said to a stranger who accompanied him: "Explain the circumstances." The stranger proved to be a surgeon.
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