s walked over several times and ridden back but she could not walk that distance objected the duke who had considered mr s conduct as regarded the young people very unwise i ll ride over with you and see it may put a better face on things do you think they have run away said mr smiling i see you don t know my wife or frank either they are young said the duke gravely and no more was said till the horses were and they were on their way when mr showed such brilliant spirits as even to the duke with his gaiety and they were both laughing heartily when about half way to they met frank tearing along at full gallop he looked pale and weary but his face brightened at the sight of mr and as he checked his horse he exclaimed i feared my note to you had so was riding over to fetch you is safe and well cried mr made uneasy by frank s looks she is safe at the red hall said frank but she herself this morning and now she is ill how could you let her undertake such a journey exclaimed mr sharply x story of a sin she was half way to before i overtook her or even knew she was abroad said frank and she had walked five miles cried mr no said frank she was riding a donkey i think it belonged to you he added turning to the duke with a smile and look that convinced the older man he was speaking truth and had very unwillingly taken part in the morning s and is she very ill said mr but scarcely waiting for a reply dashed his spurs into his horse s sides and with a word to the duke set off at a hard gallop for r p my dear mrs wrote mrs late that night i am now able to tell you the end of this shocking affair which has turned out better than could have been expected it seems the had got no farther than some people say they had gone to fetch her two children of whom both he and she are fond others that they actually meant to hide at the tower for fear mr would kill them both � you know what an awful man he is but fortunately the duke who had ridden over with mr managed to and got her away from lord so now she is up at the hall very ill as well she may be but as her husband has taken her back i suppose we must put up with her i send this in the confidence knowing that you never repeat anything story of a sin and it was this version of poor s thoughtless that came to be accepted as gospel truth through the length and breadth of the county chapter ix on wings immortal fly while virtuous actions are but born to die mr found stretched on a sofa looking so pale and wan that he could only consider the consequences to herself of her mad without troubling himself at all as to what people might think of the itself he thought she received him a little coldly but being conscious of some offence towards her of late he did not let this trouble him and had more than half won her back when next morning he said he must leave her for a few hours that he might make her apologies and his own excuses to the meanwhile he said frank and the children would keep her company in the drawing room whither he himself had carried her she being now much rested if only a of her usual self and to this eagerly assented for the wrong she had done lay heavily on her soul and she passionately desired to send some word that would show herself in less mean colours you shall go on one condition she said as he i story of a sin stooped his head to her � and half unconsciously she noticed how grey he had lately grown � that when you come back you will grant me any single request i may ask is that agreed f he promised her lightly much as once she had promised him something and till now kept her word then rode away and she could not even pretend to a feeling of a jealousy at his departure she was so sure of her empire over his heart but frank did not come that afternoon though mr had written to bid him and indeed produced a sensation in the s circle when he said having made his wife s apologies and his own � lord would have ridden over with me but he is keeping my wife company till i go back you ll see him no doubt by evening mrs gasped as she looked at this man of the world who acted so precisely like a fool though when the had accidentally drawn him to the an idea worthy of the brain that originated it occurred to her she said to herself and we are to be conveniently blind and a third edition of the scandal was and posted that very afternoon to her when mr returned to his wife she reminded him of his promise what is it he said his hold on her as somehow to his mind story of a sm i want to go to her she said with her arms close round his neck i ve forgiven frank but i want her to forgive me he started up as though an had stung him and the devils temporarily cast out in his breast returned so not only was he to be s slave but must be dependent on her likewise for a moment his courage at the miserable situation the next he turned to his wife and said it is not fit that 