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''unless l leave you in charge of the
footman and bring some kind Of con-
We, ance from the village; it is not
very far"
"Oh, no, no" she said, quickly. Il
can walk home quite easily, and would
not give you so much trouble for the
world"
ut would not give me trouble" he
said. quietly 'Dut Ill news flies
apace, and the earl might hear of the
accident, and be alarmed on your ac-
count"
eyes, yes" she assented at once. 81
will walk, please"
"You must take my arm" he said.
She put her hand on his arm, then
drew back with a sudden color, and
he eyes dropped as she said:
''But-but need not trouble you to
come 81 THAT way
"You cannot go alone" he said.
eff you will not let me go with you,
there is only one other way; l viii
stay by the carriage and send the
footman with you"
She caught her lip in her teeth
and stood irresolute for space while
one could count ten, then she looked
up at him.
'Tf you will be so kind she said.
He thought that she meant him 20
send the footman, and turned, little
sigh escaping him, but Norah said
quite innocently:
'Will you tell him. please. that l
viii send him any help If he wants
it?'
Eyes, yes" he said, and he gave the
message to the footman and was back
In an instant
"You must take my arm" he sail,
and though he tried to speak in a
mater-offact voice, Their was a sus
piciously joyous thrill in It.
Norah would have declined, but it
seemed to her that It would only en-
phasize the situation, and once more
she put her hand upon his arm. She
did not notice that he had given her
the right one, instead of the left.
For minute or two they were 81
ACtlk t22 ivy tAAGtuE tANAA way etAOAAe7
the lane filed with the perfume of a
summers night. Above them the
moon SLOWLY sailed upward, a thrush
sang sleepily somewhere in the hedge
and the bats whirled through the
silver light
Noah was still trembling a little
but, as she had said, she was not
frightened 1t was rot fear thai
caused her heart to beat so fast that
1t almost seemed to her as IL he must
hear it.
The silence at last grew tangible.
almost embarrassing, and suddenly
Norah almost stopped.
Lady Ferndale!" she said in a
tone of remorse. "She viii think that
it is worse than it is, and fogort to
send her a message"
That's all right = saia
wro.e a line or two saying you We're
safe, and sent it by the coachman
You seem to have thought of every
thing"
That was not much to think OF
Lady Norah."
And yet l forgot it, she breathed.
with seltreproach.
"Oh, don't blame yourself he
said. why, the shock alone was
enough to drive everything out of
your head. | think you have behaved
wonderfully"
How strange that you should have
oh ~ H.
all--or didn't you? / mean when the
horses first took fright?"
Yes, I was watching the owl ana
saw it go swooping across the road in
front OF them. thought they would
be startled 1.-THE color flashed
rather strange my being there" He
could not tell her that he had returned
to the spot where he bad seen her in
the afternoon, that he might dream Of
her in the cleaning. and perhaps get
a glimpse of her on her way back 70
the Court I'm rather fond Of moon
ing about in the evening. am glad
/ happened to be there"
So am $50 were We all, she cor
rected herself What made the
horses stop: she asked, innocentiy.
The carriage caught in the trunk of
tree and the near horse fell he re.
piled, simply The coachmar was
NO. u blame; no one could have held
them from the box"
Poor men, she said "You will be
able to tell Lady Ferndale how It ali
happened, and that they were not 10
Dlame?"
yes, it VIII be an excuse for call
ing on Lady Ferndale"
All, yes; you will like her so
much"
you have spent a happy evening"
he asked. and mis- voice vas subdued
by sympathy; the touch Oh her hand.
the sound Of her voice was thrilling
through him Her very uearness to
him was casting a glamor over him.
so that it seemed almost impossible to
speak any other words than Il love
you! l love you!"
"Ah, yes said Norah; there neyer
were such lovable people, never! At
least" che sighed softly. Il have met
so few people, and never any who