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Miss De Stancy could also despatch messages, but she was at Myrtle Villa. The door was closed, and much as he would have liked to enter, the possibility that Paula was not the performer led him to withhold his steps.
One of the first things they did at Baden was to stroll into the Trink-halle, where Paula sipped the water. She was about to put down the glass, when De Stancy quickly took it from her hands as though to make use of it himself. 'O, if that is what you mean, she said mischievously, 'you should have noticed the exact spot. It was there. She put her finger on a particular portion of its edge.
Passing through the town, on the road to Stancy Castle, his eyes were again arrested by the notice-board which had conveyed such startling information to him on the night of the ball. The small bills now appeared thereon; but when he anxiously looked them over to learn how the parts were to be allotted, he found that intelligence still withheld.
Let me present my brother to you, Captain De Stancy of the Royal Horse Artillery. Her brother came forward and shook hands heartily with Somerset; and they all three rambled on together, talking of the season, the place, the fishing, the shooting, and whatever else came uppermost in their minds.
De Stancy went into the hall, and on to the gallery, where Dare was standing as still as a caryatid. 'I have heard every word, said Dare. 'Well, what does it mean? Has that fool Havill done it on purpose to annoy me? What conceivable reason can the man have for throwing up an appointment he has worked so hard for, at the moment he has got it, and in the time of his greatest need?
De Stancy did this with a hand that shook somewhat more than a long railway journey was adequate to account for; and in truth it was the vision of Dare's position which agitated the unhappy captain: for had that young man, as De Stancy feared, been tampering with Somerset's name, his fate now trembled in the balance; Paula would unquestionably and naturally invoke the aid of the law against him if she discovered such an imposition.
'Ah indeed! he exclaimed as he looked up to her face. 'I had not a notion that it was you! He went over and shook hands with Charlotte De Stancy. 'I am not going far, she said; 'only to the next station. We often run down in summer time. Are you going far? 'I am going to a building further on; thence to Normandy by way of Cherbourg, to finish out my holiday.
De Stancy had walked away; but Dare knew that he played a pretty sure card in that speech. De Stancy's heart could not withstand the suggested contrast between a lonely meal of bread-and-cheese and a well-ordered dinner amid cheerful companions. 'Here, he said, emptying his pocket and returning to the lad's side. 'Take this, and order yourself a good meal. You keep me as poor as a crow.
Troubles had apparently come in battalions, for Dare was informed by a bystander that Havill's wife was seriously ill also. Without staying for a moment to enter his friend's house, back went Mr. Dare to the castle, and told Captain De Stancy of the architect's desperate circumstances, begging him to convey the news in some way to Miss Power.
De Stancy came up, and spoke a few commonplace words, his sister having gone out, either without perceiving Somerset, or with intention to avoid him. That night, as he had said, he was on his way to England. The De Stancys and Powers remained in Heidelberg for some days. All remarked that after Somerset's departure Paula was frequently irritable, though at other times as serene as ever.
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