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Updated: June 15, 2025
And yet there is something wrong for this plain reason, that there is something to be concealed in the past lives of Mr. Winterfield and Miss Eyrecourt. Under these perplexing circumstances, what use have I made of my opportunities? I am going to surprise you again I have mentioned Romayne's name to Mr.
Romayne yielded he placed himself unreservedly in our hands. In a quarter of an hour the fog lifted a little. Romayne's composure, as they faced each other, was, in a man of his irritable nervous temperament, really wonderful. I placed him sidewise, in a position which in some degree lessened his danger, by lessening the surface exposed to the bullet.
He was more distrustful of himself, more accessible to persuasion than usual. In this gentler frame of mind he received a welcome visit from an old friend, to whom he was sincerely attached. The visit of no great importance in itself led, as I have since been informed, to very serious events in Romayne's later life. For this reason, I briefly relate what took place within my own healing.
As Roman Catholics, and as old friends of Romayne, the Lorings naturally rejoiced in his conversion. But as old friends also of Romayne's wife, they were bound not to express their sentiments too openly. Feeling that any discussion of the priest's motives would probably lead to the delicate subject of the conversion, Mrs. Eyrecourt prudently determined to let the matter drop.
I look to that essentially readable book to excite Romayne's imagination, by vivid descriptions of the splendors of the Church, and the vast influence and power of the higher priesthood. Does this sudden enthusiasm of mine surprise you? And are you altogether at a loss to know what it means? It means, my friend, that I see our position toward Romayne in a new light.
Romayne's silence vouched for the effect on him. He is not the man to listen patiently to reasoning which he thinks he can overthrow. Having heard enough to satisfy me that Penrose had really begun the good work, I quietly slipped out of the waiting-room and left the hotel. To-day being Sunday, I shall not lose a post if I keep my letter open until to-morrow.
Winterfield's refined, pleasant manners, his generous readiness in placing the treasures of his library at a stranger's disposal, had already appealed irresistibly to Romayne's sensitive nature. The favorable impression was now greatly strengthened by the briefly bold treatment which he had just heard of a subject in which he was seriously interested.
"And he mentioned, as examples of what he meant, the occurrence of some new and absorbing interest in your life, or the working of some complete change in your habits of thought or perhaps some influence exercised over you by a person previously unknown, appearing under unforeseen circumstances, or in scenes quite new to you." Romayne's eyes sparkled. "Now you are coming to it!" he cried.
To what flat commonplace Winterfield's lively enthusiasm had sunk in Stella's presence! She perceived that some unfavorable impression had been produced on her husband, and interposed with a timely suggestion. Her motive was not only to divert Romayne's attention from Winterfield, but to give him a reason for leaving the room.
"I have no pretension to be a critic," she answered, with frigid politeness. "I only know what I personally like or dislike." The reply exactly answered Father Benwell's purpose. It diverted Romayne's attention from the picture to Stella. The priest had secured his opportunity of reading their faces while they were looking at each other.
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