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I was afraid of her. I hated her. I struggled, and almost cursed her. She was too logical. She was leading me where I did not want to go. But when I came she put her arms around me; and when I looked at her, she smiled. I came in spite of many things; and now, Mr. Griffin, I pay. I am alone, and I pay always. Yet I am glad to pay. I am glad to pay even here in Sihasset."
Never once did I give in to the full belief that my dear old saint was wrong, so I gently suggested one day that I should like his fullest confidence about Miss Atheson. He avoided the subject. Still I was loath to believe. I made up my mind to save him by a transfer, but he forestalled me and asked a change; so I sent him to Sihasset." Mark found his voice. "That was the reason?
I shall stay in Sihasset if I am permitted to do so. Should I be called away, that is a different matter. Please God, when I go out to quote my friend, Father Daly I'll go out feet first." "I suppose you're right, Father," said Saunders, "I suppose you're right. Anyhow, I'm glad that you're going to stay. By the way, now that you've told me one secret, won't you tell me another?"
"Sihasset is greatly honored," Father Murray remarked softly. "Do you know him?" "I have seen him before. He comes from a foreign state, but he is no stranger to America nor to England, for that matter. Have you any acquaintance with the diplomats in London?" "I have attended balls at which some of them were present." "Does your memory recall one of that type?" persisted the priest.
It is true that you were lost for a little while in Boston, but not completely. We traced you to Sihasset. We traced him there also finally unfortunately for the poor fellow." Ruth started: "You have not " The Minister looked sad. "Alas! Highness," he said, "he is no more -an unfortunate accident. We do not even know where his body is. I fear he may have been drowned, or something worse.
Madame Neuville pointed to the main entrance of the estate and to the road showing beyond the open gates, "The North Road," Sihasset called it. "That way!" she cried. "They went that way. There were two of them. They were hiding by the wall and seized her just as we were going out. I was behind Miss Ruth and they did not see me at first.
"And this happened where?" "At Sihasset. Your Excellency passed through there quite recently, and will probably remember it." The half-closed eyes almost smiled. "Had your niece lived there long?" "Only a few months. She arrived less than a week before her visitor." Outwardly the Minister was calm, unmoved; but underneath the cold exterior the lurking fear was growing stronger.
So the friends walked along the main street of Sihasset and out toward the Bluff Road. Mark was silent for a long time, wondering how he could approach the subject. When he spoke he went directly to the point: "Father, you know that I love Miss Atheson?" "Yes." "You approve?" "Decidedly." "But I am not of her faith." "You are.
In deference to your cloth, I thought I would see you personally, though I do not recall knowing anyone by that name. Perhaps she wishes a visé for a passport?" "That might explain it," answered Father Murray; "but I think she desires a passport without the visé. I have reason to believe that Your Excellency knows something of her rather unexpected departure from her home in Sihasset.
Unfortunately, she knew my address and followed me to Sihasset, directing her lover to wait until she sent for him. "I knew that the best means of concealing her would be to play upon the likeness between us, and never go out together. For extra precaution, when either of us went out, a veil was worn.
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