yesterday had mind and begging him to send men in search of her through the gardens and park and inquire if she had been seen at the and if she were not found or heard of in this way to lose no time in dragging the waters round the god forbid it should be so but we shall be the easier for having searched where lo to mr eh but i d ha worked for day all the o my life than should ha happened lo the good gardener in deep distress strode away to the stables that he might send the on through tho park mr s next thought was to search the she might be haunting the scene of captain s death he went hastily over � mound looked round large tree followed every winding of the walks in reality ha had little hope of finding her there but the bare possibility oft for a the fatal conviction that body wo aid be in the scenes of life when the had searched in he lo border of the little stream that bounded one side of the grounds the stream was everywhere hidden among ti and there was one where ic was and deeper than elsewhere � would be more likely lo lo that spot than to the pool he hurried along with strained eyes his imagination continually creating what be dreaded there is white behind that overhanging bough his knees tremble under liim be seems lo sec part of her di caught on a branch and her dear dead o god give strength to thy creature on whom laid tliis great agony he is nearly up to the bough and the white is moving it is a dial its win s and flies away screaming lie hardly knows whether it is a relief or a thai she is rot there the conviction that she is dead presses its cold weight upon him none tlie less as be reached the great pool in front of the he saw mr with a group of men already there for the dreadful search which could only his vague despair by a definite for the gardener in his restless anxiety had been unable to tliis until other means of search had vain the pool was not now with among the water lilies it looked black and under tbe sombre sky as if its cold depths held all the murdered hope and joy of s life thoughts of the aad consequences for others as well es himself were crowding on his mind the blinds and were all closed in front of the and it was not likely sir be aware from him the s would be held shortly would be for and then it would be inevitable that the should all chapter at twelve o clock when all search and inquiry had been in vain and the was expected every moment mr could no longer the hard duty of revealing this fresh calamity to sir who must otherwise have it discovered to him abruptly the was sealed in his dressing room where the dark window curtains were drawn so as to admit only a sombre light it was the first lime mr had had an interview with him this morning and he lo see how a single day and night of grief aged the line old man the lines in his brow and his mouth were deepened his complexion dull and withered there was a swollen ridge under eyes and the eyes themselves which used cast so keen a glance on the present had the vacant expression which tells that vision is no longer a sense but a memory he held out his hand lo who pressed it and sat down beside him in silence sir s heart began lo swell at this sympathy roll in the boyhood felt c t drops down his tears he had shed for if his tongue to the roof of his mouth he could not speak first ho must wait until sir said something which might lead on to the words that mast be spoken at last the mastered himself enough to m weak � god help me i did n t think anything would mo in way but i d built everything mr s love story on that lad perhaps i ye been wrong in not my she lost one of her sons a little while i ve been proud and we can hardly learn and tenderness t except by suffering god sees we are in need of suffering for it is falling more and more on us we have a new trouble this � and with her delicate health � i am afraid to think what turn the agitation may have s she poor d r little god only knows how she is we are unable to find her when mrs sharp went up to her room this morning it was empty had not been in bed her hat and cloak were gone i have had made for her everywhere � in the house and garden in the park and � in the water ko one has seen her since went up to light her fire at o clock in the evening while mr vas speaking sir s which on recovered some of their old and some sudden emotion as at a new thought rapidly already agitated the shadow of a dark cloud over the waves when the came he laid his hand on mr s arm and said in n lower voice � did that poor thing love she did after these words struggling between his reluctance to a yet deeper wound on and his determination that no injustice should be done to sir s were fixed on him la inquiry and his own sunk towards the ground while be tried to find the words that would tell the truth least cruelly yon must not have any wrong thoughts about i he at length i 