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sacrifice for the sake of n man whom
II WAS certainly impossible love.
and for that reason even TO respect.
| looked at her with an admiration
in my face that did not attempt TO
conceal. | said nothing by way of
praise, however. 1t would have been
an insult to her to have even limited
at such thing.
pardon me-" 1 said at last, "but
there is one thing that must be
taken into consideration. Some day,
Miss Kitwatcr, you may marry, and
in that case your husband might not
care about the arrangement you
have made. Such things have hap
pened before now"
She blushed rosy red and hcsi-
tated before she replied.
"I do not consider it very likely
that 7 shall ever marry" she an
swered. "And even if ] did | should
certainly not marry man who
would object to my doing what l
consider 60 he my duty. And now
that we have discussed all this, Mr.
Fairfax. what do you think we had
better do? | understood you to say
In my uncle that you intend leaving
for Paris tomorrow morning, in or
der to continue your search for the
man ITaye. Surprising you find him,
what will you do them"
an such a case" 7 said. slowly,
looking at her all the time. 81 should
endcHvor TO get your uncle's and
Colds share of the treasure from
him. If T am successful. then I shall
let him GO where he plcascs."
"And eup0osinr Won are unsucccss-
full in obtaining the money or the
gems?"
"rhen I must cndcavor TO think OF
some other way" | replied "but
somehow ! do not think l shall be
unsucccsS full"
''Nor do T." she answered, looking
me fun and fair in the face. 81 fan
cy YOU know that ! believe in you
most implicitly. Mr.. Fairrav.'
"ln that case. do you mind shaking
hands upon it?" I said.
az will do so with much pleasure"
she answered. "You cannot imagine
what weight you have lifted of my
mind. ] have been SO depressed
about it lately that / have scarcely
/ known what to do. have lain
awake at night turning it over and
over in my mind. and trying to con-
vince myself as TO what was best to
be done. Then my uncle told me
You we're coming down here, and
resolved to put the case before you
as I have done and TO ask your opin-
JON
/ She gave me her little hand, and !
/ took it and held it in my own. Then
! I released it and we strobe back
along the rardenpath together with
rut another word. The afternoon
was well advanced by this time. and
when we reached the summer-house
where Codd was still reading. we
found that a little wicker tea-ta BILE
had been brought out from the house
and that chairs had been placed for
Us round it. To my thinking there
is nothing that becomes pretty
woman more than the mere common
: place act of pouring out tea. 1t was
certainly so in this case. When |
looked at the white cloth upon the
table, the heavy brass tray, and the
silver JUGS and teapot, and thought
of my own cracker earthenWare YES
sci, then repCsing in cupboard in
my Office, and in which | brewed my
cup OF tea every afternoon, | smiled
to myself. felt that | should never
use it again without recalling this
meal. After that l.wondered Nheth-
er it would ever he my good fortune
to sit in this garden again, and TO sii
my Orange Pekoe from the sam,
dainty service. The thought that
might not do so was, strange y
enough, an unpleasant one, and put
!, from NE with all pronptness. Dur
ing the meal, Kitwater scarcely ut
tered a word. We had exhausted the
probabilities Of the case long since
and ! soon found that he could thinl
or talk of nothing else. At sl'
o'clock / prepared TO make r1l
adieux. My train left Bishopstow'
for London at the half-hour. and
should just have time to walk thu
distance comfortably. To my de
light my hostess decided TO 60 Il
church, and said she would wall
with me as far as the lych-gatc. SIN
accordingly left us and went into th'
: house 10 make her toilet. As sool
as she had gone Ktwatcr fumble'
his way across to where | was sit
ting, and having discovered chai