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Selwyn's blue eyes dwelt on the fast-descending lines of rain that now blurred all view of the mountains; the globular drops here and there adhering to the pane, ever dissolving and ever renewed, obscured even the small privilege of a glimpse of the dooryard. The continual beat on the roof had the regularity and the tireless suggestion of machinery.
The thought of his true intention in coming hither, not his ostensible errand, had recurred more than once to his mind, to lay bare the secret touching the visitor to Selwyn's remote dwelling, whom he could not or would not identify; and if there were aught amiss, as the mountaineer suspected, to take such action thereupon as in the fullness of his own good judgment seemed fit.
He was so exultant that he gave some expression to his thoughts, and Selwyn, cynical as he was, was shocked and began to fear the consequences of his handiwork. He insisted upon Selwyn's lunching with him in order to celebrate the triumph of "their" plan. Selwyn was amused at the plural.
I never had such a good time in my life. Good night, friends." He bowed beamingly, then made a special bow in Selwyn's direction. "I'm glad to know you, sir. I used to know your father. I've heard many a case tried in his court. A juster man never lived. Good night, sir. Good night, Miss Heath."
Case of honour? Where is this I.O.U. that you gave?" "It's worse than that. The the note is paid. Good God I can't tell you " "You must. That's why I'm here, Gerald." "Well, then, I I drew a check knowing that I had no funds. If it if they return it, marked " "I see. . . . What are the figures?" The boy stammered them out; Selwyn's grave face grew graver still.
"She was Jack Ruthven charged her with and me charged me with " "You!" "Yes." "Well it was a lie, wasn't it?" Selwyn's ashy lips scarcely moved, but his eyes were narrowing to a glimmer. "It was a lie, wasn't it?" he repeated. "Yes a lie. I'd say it, anyway, you understand but it really was a lie." Selwyn quietly leaned back in his chair; a little colour returned to his cheeks.
"How long do you expect to be away?" asked Sara presently. "A couple of days at the outside. I hope to get back the day after to-morrow." Denuded of Selwyn's big, kindly presence, the house seemed curiously silent.
The same thing happened yet a third time; and then he called his servant to his side, and I saw the man ride up a second afterwards to Judge Selwyn's footman, who was standing at a few yards' distance from the carriage, and ask him some question, which he answered by a word or two, when the groom rode away.
But something must be said about one trouble which had begun before Selwyn's departure, but reached its acutest phase during the years that followed: The colony of Otago, though founded as a Presbyterian settlement, contained from the first a few English churchmen; and at the beginning of 1852 an Anglican clergyman, the Rev. J. Fenton, began work in Dunedin.
They accordingly withdrew their former instructions, and now signified their approval of the missionaries joining with the bishop in the proposed organisation of the Church. This concession formed the answer of the Committee to Selwyn's proposal to found the missionary bishoprics mentioned in the last chapter, and it removed one of the most formidable obstacles in the way of a constitution.
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