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Chris's heart sickened as he watched; and then stood still on a sudden in desperate hope, for opposite to him Dom Anthony sat steady, his head on his hand, and made no movement when it was his turn to come out. Chris saw the Prior look at the monk, and a spasm of emotion went over his face. "Dom Anthony," he said. The monk lifted his face, and it was smiling too. "I cannot sign, My Lord Prior."
"Master Revere will go to poor Chris's mother, and since there are more than enough to give him all the care he needs, we can attend to you." "Do you think the little fellow will die?" Gore asked, more concerned regarding his friend than for himself. "I am afraid the wound is a serious one," Amos replied, sadly. "The blood was coming from his mouth, and I am told that is a bad sign."
And there are crowds of people worse off than he is." "Query," remarked her brother, with a shrug of the shoulders; but an instant later, aware of Mordaunt's look, he changed the subject. They were a small party at dinner, for there remained but Hilda Forest to complete the number. She had only that afternoon returned to town. Mrs. Forest was dining out, to Chris's unfeigned relief.
Aunt Philippa interposed her voice with extreme dignity. "You forget yourself. If you cannot speak with ordinary courtesy, be good enough to leave us." Noel heeded the remonstrance no more than if it had been the buzzing of a fly. Chris's spark of temper had kindled his. "Oh, you can swear it's the truth till all's blue," he declared, raising his voice recklessly. "But that doesn't make it so.
But as long as he's tied, it doesn't seem to me that he has any business " His gentle tone disarmed her, and she took up Chris's defence eagerly. "Wolf, don't you believe there is such a thing as love? Just that two people find out that they belong to each other whether it's right or wrong, or possible or impossible and that it may last for ever?" "No," said Wolf, harshly, "I don't believe it!
For the first time Chris's bravely sustained courage broke down. She thrust out a clinging hand and clutched his arm. "Are we going to be drowned here in the dark?" she said, gasping. "No, no, no!" His reply was instant and reassuring. He took her hand and held it. "It is not that. The water will not reach us. It is only that we cannot return until the tide permit." "Oh, well!"
But tell me everything from the beginning. I am as dazed and confused as a tired man roused out of a sound sleep." Chris proceeded to explain from the beginning of all things. It was an exceedingly interesting and exciting narrative to Frank Littimer, and he followed it carefully. He would have remained there all day listening to the music of Chris's voice and looking into her eyes.
Chris's two young brothers slept fitfully, waking now and then to assure each other uneasily that of course she would turn up sooner or later sound in wind and limb; she always did. Noel, the younger, who was more or less in Chris's confidence, gave it as his opinion that she had eloped with someone, that officer-chap she met the other day, he'd lay a wager!
I can see her now holding her side and saying: 'I can't possibly take a step! Robert, I can't take a step! And when I brought the doctor eighteen miles from home, on his old gray mare, he found that she'd put a shoe on one foot and a slipper on the other." The general threw back his head and laughed until the table groaned, while Miss Chris's double chin shook softly over her cameo brooch.
Therefore it was with something akin to pleasure that David found Ruth Gates waiting in the drawing-room for him when he came in from his walk on the following afternoon. Nothing had been heard of Van Sneck in the meantime, but thanks to Chris's telephone message late the previous night he had got in touch with Bell, who was coming south without delay.
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