Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-20
Please come out into the garden.
want to talk to you

He followed her without q word. 1t
was significant that his enrst Impulse
had been to shrink away from her az
one dreading to receive hurt. She
seemed to notice It and smiled. +
Let ia Try and be reasonable for a
short time" she continued. I'VE
seem to have been living In some per-
tfectly absurd nightmare for the last
few hours. / have come to you TO
try and regain my poise. Yes, we will
sit down-Ahere. please"
They sat in the same chairs which
they had occupied on her previous
visit. David had been through many
crises in his life, but; this lett hin.
with no command Of coherent speech
left him %curiously, idiotically
tongue-tied.
II have thought over this. ridiculous
affair she went OF 1T must talk
about it to some one, and there y only
tyou Left S s I
your suests," he faitered.s
II Gone" che told him = little 1nAlo-
dramatically. Didn't you know thar
morntns.afterwards? First OF all: my
OFF at dawn. He left behind
him = little note. He had every cor.
fdence in me, but-he went. Then
my aunt. She was the most peevish
Iperson ] ever knew. She. seemed to
Imagine that I had in N way In
terfered with her plans for your SUBJ
jugation, and although she knew
quite well that no woman OF the Man
deleys family could eve stoop to any
unworthy or undignifed action, she
decided to hurry her departure. She
left at midday"
But Miss Sylvia ~"
Sylvia was most insenuouA" Lett
lila continued, her voice regaining a
little of its natural quality. Sylvia
came to me quite timidly and asked
mo to walk with her in the garden.
She wondered-wAS It really settled
between me and Lord Charles? II 1t
was, she was quite willing 10 80 into
a nunnery or something e~qutvalent--
Chiswtck. I believe it wax. with Z
maiden aunt. Butt Il not. shA believed
he had whispered a few things to
her-he was hoping to see her tina,
week in town. It was most extra
ordinAry-shs couldn't understand II
but it seemed that their old hirta-
ttons-you knew OF course. that they
had met often before--had left q void
III IA 1AS0AL WA4ASA OA4y 64lU S4ulu IIbl
He had discovered his mistake ID
thine. She threw herself upon my
mercy. She left by the three-thirty.'
My God!"the groaned. "And THU
was all my DOING"
"Ali your doing" she aasented
equally. They were al Of them
perfectly content 70 accept your
story. There Is not a Of t~he4sSwhc
disputes It for Z single dofnent.@ABui
You were there, with the secret door
Closed behind you, and, - my aunt
said, there IL really no accounting for
what people viii do, nowadays And
now she concluded, II gather that
you are leaving. too.
4 am motoring ~ to town toznor-
row morning,"' he Satd. hAvAni
ventured to speak az atoneYnent, but
your coming here like this, Lady
Letitia. 10 the ,k!ndest thing you nave
over ~dpne--you could ever do. j
have tried, An my way al went on,
after 4 moments pause, 80 live what
II suppose one calls self-rAspsetins
life. I have ever before been IN I
position when I have been ashamed
OF anything fShAve done. Z And now,
since those Few nainutAS ! have lived
I'm 4 burning Furnaces of II daren.t
lAt my mind dwell arons 81. Those
|4ew minutes were the most horrible,
conid face. II. your e6mins really
means" hi went on. and hie voice
I:shook. and MI eyes k1oWod I = Z
leaned; TOWARDS hsr. that I may carry
Away me tho feeling that you
have forgiven me-. can't tsiis you TIE
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