Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
CHAPTER NJ.


broken and cold. and after a little while
they began to talk again about going to
winter sbroad--at Mcntone or Nice. They
had not taken very much to Torquay;
Godfrey, especially, had not taken to II.
He more than the others advocated their
going to Italy. and to Italy before long
II was decided that they should turn their
steps. Godfrey hoped he might find
something there to interest him and di-
vert his thoughts.
They decided TO start early in Novem-
Der. going to London first, and thence
to the continent.
Was Joannc Bcrcsford in London still?
Godfrey vainly asked himself with an
aching sense of longing. Three months
had passed now since any news of her
had reached him; three months that had
been loLg enough to change the world
for him. hut that had left her IN all like
lihood unaltcrcd either in heart or mind.
lie had not said to himself before they
reached London that he would go to seek
her. but yet on the morning after their
arrival he allowed his restless steps to
take him TO her aunts residence. lie
went. he told himself, only to look up at
the house which. at any rate, had been
her home for little while. to see the
place with which she must have been so
familiar.
For half an hour he walked up and
down the square and the neighboring
streets. trying to make up his mind what
he should do, and at the half.hours end
he walked up to the door and knocked.
Ills throat felt dry as n servant opened II.
rs Miss Bcresford still hcrcI" he ask.
cd. telling himself while he spoke that she
would answer. NO." and that would end
II: but instead Of answering no." she
instantly replied. Yes. sir" and. as IL
his entering were a matter Of course,
| stood aside 10 let him walk In.
lie did walk In. and she preceded lin
| upstairs. She took him into large. un.
| used-looking drawing room. and set q
| light to the fire. and drew up the blinds.
and then. taking the card he offered
her. Withdrew and left him alone. Was
he In a dream? he asked himself. gazing
about him--trying to believe that In an
| other minute he should see jeanne Bcrcs.
ford's face.
| lie did sec Il almost before that minute
had ended. and she looked so unchanged
us she opened the door and came in that
the first sight Of her almost overwhclni-
|
cd hun. Just so he had imagined thou.
sand times that she would look. In the
happy days when he had loved "a picture
| HIS coming to her hprc--just this way
with this quick look of welcome in her
eyes.
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tone of pleasure. and came 10 him with
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