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A few minutes afterwards Emily corrected Bernadine for not saying miss to Beth and herself. Beth tried to explain, but Emily could not see why she should say miss to them if they did not say miss to her and to each other. Poor Mrs. Caldwell was in great straits for want of money at this time.
De Grost himself seemed in no hurry to depart, nor did his companion show any signs of impatience. It was not until the two people whose entrance had had such a remarkable effect upon Bernadine, rose to leave, that the mask was for a moment lifted. De Grost had called for his bill and paid it. The two men strolled out together.
Your friend has a sense of humor which overwhelms me. Imagine it. He has delivered the two heads of our great Society into the hands of one of its cast-off branches! Bernadine is a genius, indeed!" Mr. Philip Burr began slowly to recover himself. He waved his hand. Nine out of the twelve men left the room.
The dispatch which I received to-night contains the reply to these questions." "Which Bernadine has promised to forward to Berlin to-morrow night," Peter remarked softly. De Lamborne nodded. "You perceive," he said, "the immense importance of the affair. The very existence of that document is almost a casus belli."
Beth took naturally to the Catholic training, and solemnly dedicated herself to the Blessed Virgin; Mildred conformed, but without enthusiasm; the four-year-old baby Bernadine lisped little Aves; but Jim, in the words of Captain Keene, "the old buffalo," as their father called him, sneered at that sort of thing "as only fit for women." "Men drink whisky," said Jim, puffing out his chest.
With Beth's temperament it was not possible that the sense of duty would long survive such snubs. Gradually she began to wander off by herself again, leaving her mother pacing up and down the particular sheltered terrace overlooking the sea on which she always walked at that hour, and Bernadine playing about the cliffs or the desolate shore.
When Mildred went to her aunt, Beth and Bernadine became of necessity constant companions, and it was a curious kind of companionship, for their natures were antagonistic.
I simply dared not tell him that we were going to lunch together, and as a rule he doesn't mind what I do in that way." Bernadine smiled slowly. "Ah, well," he remarked, "your husband is a politician and a very cautious man. I dare say he is like some of those others, who believe that, because I am a foreigner and live in London, therefore I am a spy." "You a spy," she laughed. "What nonsense!"
"Let me show you the paper containing her advertisement," added the matron. "I brought it with me." As she spoke, she produced a copy of a paper several weeks old, a paragraph of which was marked, and handed it to Bernadine. "You can read it over and decide. Let me know when I come to you an hour later. I should advise you to try the place."
Bernadine, to whom a new idea had occurred, moved his chair nearer to hers, and was rewarded by a glance which certainly betrayed some interest. A swift and unerring judge in such matters, he came to the instant conclusion that she was not unapproachable. He acted upon impulse. Rising to his feet, he approached her and bowed easily, but respectfully.
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