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Rex held his breath every now and then, as the sound ceased, fearing lest every moment should be the last. The doctor tried to make out the time without carrying his watch to the night-light, failed and returned it to his pocket with a half-suppressed sigh. He had done all that he could, and yet Rex's stony eyes were fixed on him in the early twilight, and his reputation was at stake.
Rex's heart almost stopped beating, and his smile faded as he stared breathless at this portly and beneficent Mercury. Mercury went on "A vestry meeting was held last night in which this was decided upon.
It would save money; and papa would have more to bring up the boys with." There was further talk of the same practical kind at intervals, and it ended in Rex's being obliged to consent that Anna should go with him when he spoke to his father on the subject. Of course it was when the rector was alone in his study.
Greif rested his hand on Rex's arm, more out of habit now than because he needed support, and as they paced the smooth path the two talked in a desultory way upon whatever was uppermost in their thoughts. 'It seems as though my illness had lasted a year, Greif said. 'I have even got so far that I do not care to leave this place, after all. 'Why should you? Rex asked.
"Not a bit of it merely an old woman bargaining for her son. Rex would not have done it. After thrashing you he would have left you to the law, and, were the law to step in, you would surely be ruined. I, on the other hand, do not scruple to compound a felony that is what my lawyers call it. My extravagance and carelessness have contributed to encumber Rex's estates with a heavy mortgage.
He would have told Greif the truth brutally in order to prevent even the distant possibility of such mischief as might now arise. And yet Rex's conscience did not reproach him. He asked himself whether he could possibly have dealt such a blow upon any human being, especially upon one who had suffered, like Greif, almost all that a man can suffer and live.
Tyler died," remarked Roy, lingering at the door of Rex's room. Rex did not reply immediately. He stood looking at his brother intently for an instant, then he put a hand on Roy's shoulder, gently pulled him into the room and closed the door behind him. "Sit down a minute, Roy," he said gravely; "I want to tell you something." "What is it? What makes you look so solemn, Reggie?
Rex's handsome face had grown white with emotion; deep shadows came into his eyes. Ah, what could it matter now? His hopes were dead, his heart crushed, yet how could he consent? "Oh, Heaven, Rex!" she cried, "what does that look on your face mean? What is it?" The look of terror on her face seemed to force the mad words from his lips, the magnetic gaze seemed to hold him spellbound.
And yet he was happy at having it; he felt glad that he had been able to do that little thing of carrying the boy from the sun into the shade. It was not often that he was able to do anything for anybody. He was always in need of having something done for himself. He tried to think of something else he might do. He noticed that Rex's head did not seem to rest very comfortably.
When they were apart for days, there weighed a cloud of constraint on Rex's mind, which Braith's first greeting always dispelled. But it gathered again in the next interval. It rose from a sullen deposit of self-reproach down deep in Gethryn's own heart. He kept it covered over; but he could not prevent the ghost-like exhalations that gathered there and showed where it was hidden.
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