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But he swept into the study with a feeling of genuine pleasure as Hatherly Bell was announced. "My dear fellow, I'm delighted to see you," he cried. "Take the big armchair. Let me give you a cigar and a whisky and soda and make you comfortable. That's better." "I'm tired out," Bell said. "In London all day, and since six with Cross. Can you put me up for the night?"
Thank Heaven, the girl has a perfect constitution." "Chris is not going to die," Enid repeated, doggedly, "but the certificate will be given, all the same. Oh, Hatherly, you must trust me trust me as you have never done before. Look at me, study me. Did you ever know me to do a mean or dishonourable thing?"
As he came back to Hatherly Court from the church, they were putting up the hatchment over the door, and Master Fred saw that the undertakers had put at the bottom 'Resurgam. You know what that means?" "Oh, yes," said Frank. "'I'll come back again," said the Honourable John, construing the Latin for the benefit of his cousin.
And Hatherly Bell is coming here to-night to see Aunt Margaret. He " "Here!" Enid cried. "To see Aunt Margaret? Then he found out about you. At all hazards Mr. Bell must not come here he must not. I would rather let everything go than that. I would rather see auntie dead and Reginald Henson master here. You must " In the distance came the rattle of harness bells and the trot of a horse.
"Enid, you speak with conviction. Are you sure of this?" "Certain. When I have time I will tell you everything. But not now. And that man must never know that you have been near the house to-night, not so much for your sake as for the sake of your friend David Steel. Now I can see the Providence behind it all. Hatherly, tell me that you forgive me before the others come back."
There were more sides to the mystery than David Steel imagined. It had seemed to him that he had pretty well all the threads in his hands, but he would have been astonished to know how much more Hatherly Bell and Enid Henson could have told him. But it seemed to Bell that there was one very important thing to be done before he proceeded any farther.
"I am face to face with it, and I knew I should be. Hatherly Bell is not the man to quietly lie down under a cloud like that. The man has brains, and patience, and indomitable courage. Now, does he suspect that I have any hand in the business? I must see him when my nerves are stronger and try and get at the truth.
Some of Palmer of Lingfield's private patients thrown off a coach and brought here in the ambulance. Unless I am greatly mistaken, that is Hatherly Bell with you." "The same," Bell said, cheerfully. "I recollect you in Edinburgh. So some of Palmer's patients have come to grief. Most of his special cases used to pass through my hands."
He has been at Littimer for a day or two, and he has not the remotest idea that Christabel Lee is our Chris." "A feather in your sister's cap. She has quite captivated Littimer, Bell says." "And she played her part splendidly. Mr. Steel, it is very, very good to know that Hatherly has cleared himself in the eyes of Lord Littimer at last. Did Reginald suspect " "Nothing," Steel said.
"Excellent!" Henson cried. "How dramatic! There is only one thing required to make the story complete. The picture was taken away by Hatherly Bell. If you don't bring that in as the dénouement I shall be utterly disappointed." "You needn't be," Littimer said, coolly. "That is exactly what did happen." Henson chuckled again, quite a parody of a chuckle this time.
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