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"Upon my word, I never thought of it." And she told the truth. She had thought only of how she could avoid another meeting. Olive looked puzzled. "And I supposed that you liked Doctor Vaughan," she said, after a moment's pause. "Why, and so I do; I was very careless. Olive, dear, pray make my adieus to him, and all the necessary excuses. I do like the doctor, and don't want him to think me rude."

As long as Colonel Vaughan had been in the country, she had taken an interest in everything; when he left, her ordinary pursuits her riding, painting, music, garden in all of which he had aided her, suddenly lost their charm. Her friend's marriage came about just when she wanted an object of interest, and when that was over she was thrown back upon herself.

"There has been great anxiety felt for your safety. I am a detective working on the Vaughan and Marheim cases. I got word to come and look you up as you did not get back to the gardener's cottage the night before last." "The snow detained me," said Geoffrey slowly. "Come in, come in, friend," said McVay briskly. "You must be cold."

Next he had made sundry purchases from two different chemists; and third, last and all important, he had been dogged to the bazaar of a dealer in theatrical wares, where he had purchased a wig, beard, and other articles of disguise. Two days had passed since the above discoveries were reported. Then the detective called upon Dr. Vaughan and informed him that Mr.

'That I certainly will, said the colonel, heartily; 'and I shall be able to tell you all about your sister, as I heard yesterday that her husband has finally taken my place, and will be down here as soon as it is put in first-rate order, furnished, etc. 'You are not likely to leave us yet I hope, Colonel Vaughan? said Lady Mary Nugent.

It was nothing but a mistake. They were not in the least suited to each other. By-the-by, I hear that Derrick Vaughan is married." "Derrick?" I exclaimed; "oh, no, that is a mistake. It is merely one of the hundred and one reports that are for ever being set afloat about him." "But I saw it in a paper, I assure you," said Lady Probyn, by no means convinced.

Mr. Vaughan came to see him again and again, and with the concurrence of Dr. Spott, prescribed for him. As the spring approached he grew able to leave his room. The ladies of the family had him to their parlours to pet and feed, but he was not now so easily to be injured by kindness as when he believed in his own merits.

He begged Vaughan, who had a great liking for the lad, to take him. He had no need to ask Gilbert, who declared that they would not leave him behind. Mistress Audley and Lettice were pleased at the thoughts of having him with them. Strange to say, the old man was willing to part with him.

Olive had intimated to Doctor Vaughan that Madeline had taken some, perhaps unsafe, steps in the pursuit of her enemies. He, understanding the impetuosity of the girl, as well as her reckless fearlessness, could not conceal the anxiety he felt. Acting under an impulse of disinterested kindness, Clarence Vaughan crossed the room and sat down by Madeline's side.

Here, leaning against the bank, they could command the opposite shore, which shelved gradually to the water, as it did also some way lower down. Vaughan was beginning to get weary of waiting, when he saw a couple of deer moving amid the tall grass and brushwood which covered the country for some distance on the opposite side: Oliver saw them also.