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Miss Fortune could ask him to ride with her into the forest and he would go blindly enough," said Holmes. "I?" cried Kate, blushing to think of herself in that position after Studdiford's proclamation. "I could not would not do such a thing. Prove him a coward, but do not ask me to help you." "Holmes is right, and Miss Fortune should be willing to make the test.
Julia introduced the men; her breath was coming unevenly and her colour was exquisite; she talked nervously, and did not meet Mark's eye. Mark was offered a lift in Doctor Studdiford's motor car, and declined it. The doctor seemed to be in no hurry to go; wandered into her room to advise his aunt upon the placing of a telephone extension.
"Oh, Mark, I feel rotten about it!" said Julia frankly, her eyes full of pity and regret, and yet a curious relief evident in her voice. "I AM so sorry! I've just been thinking of girls who like this sort of thing I don't see how they CAN! I AM so sorry! But you won't mind very long, Mark; you won't always care; you'll why, there's Doctor Studdiford's automobile!"
The rosiness of her cheeks might have been by others attributed to the chill of the December morn, but she knew they were the flames from an inward fire. Captain Studdiford's heart thumped unusually fast as he looked down into the piquant face and big blue eyes, which for the first time since he had known her, wore a gleam bordering on embarrassment.
Give me a stick, and I'll do it for you!" The girl found her hand in Doctor Studdiford's, and their eyes met. "I didn't know you were here!" said Julia, in swift memory of their last meeting. "Just come." He looked at her, all kindliness. "How goes it?" "Finely," Julia answered. When he had opened a window, he followed her across the room. "I may stay near you, mayn't I?"
It was Farring, Trask and the other plotters, reeking with excitement. Their horses were wet from the fierceness with which they had been ridden. "Do not touch him! You have killed him!" she cried, striving to shield the body from Farring's anxious touch. "Killed him? Good God, Kate! where did you meet them!" cried Farring, as Trask pulled her from Studdiford's side.
The hall maid must come in and hook Mrs. Studdiford's gown; oh, and would she be here at, say, one o'clock, when Mrs. Studdiford came home? She went off at twelve, eh? Well, what was it worth to her to stay on to-night, until one? Good. And by the way, Mrs. Studdiford had torn a lace gown and wanted it to-morrow; could the maid mend it and press it? She didn't think so?
But there was no severity in the glance she turned upon her daughter. Indeed, it would have been a stern heart that little Anna Studdiford's first friendly glance did not melt.
"I'll wager that I can prove him a coward," observed Lieutenant Holmes. "And safely, too." "'Twere wise to do it safely," supplemented Miss Fortune. "One time at home we exposed a boasting captain, who would have had us think him the bravest man on earth " "But that does not seem to be Captain Studdiford's object," interrupted Kate. "True," went on Holmes, "but that has nothing to do with it.
Kate could not forget the look of disgust she had seen upon Studdiford's face as he stood above her with the great sword in his hand. His first thought had been to kill her! Sitting beside him, bathing the fevered brow, caressing the rumpled hair, holding his restless hands, she could feel her heart thumping like lead, so heavy had it grown in the fear of his awakening.
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