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Though neighbors and members of the same hunt and clubs, the Justice took no more friendly notice of Mostyn than he would have taken of any wife-beating cotton-weaver; and when all lawful prelied, he told Mrs Mostyn that he should not take up Mr Mostyn's case till Friday; and in the interval she would have time to put herself under her , and in her old, pretty way kissed his hands, and "vowed he had saved her life, and she would forever re," and was sternly reproved by the Justice; and then Tyrrel and Ethel took charge of Mrs Mostyn until she was ready to leave for London

She was more nearly ready than they expected All her trunks were packed, and the butler promised to take them immediately to the railway station In a quarter of an hour she appeared in traveling costu, which she carried in her hand There was a train for London passing Monk-Rawdon at eight o'clock; and after Justice Manninghaht in some dinner, which Dora asked the Rawdons to share with her It was, perhaps, a necessary but a painful meal No one noticed Mostyn He was enforced to sit still and watch its progress, which he accoe to write down But no one answered hiave for his own dinner, until Dora rose to leave forever the house of bondage Then she said to the cook: "See that those gentleood to eat and to drink, and when they have been served youto Mostyn--"the dinner of bread and water he has so often prescribed for o to your own hoain, and finally tried his old loving terms "Come back to me, Dora," he called frantically "Come back, dearest, sweetest Dora, I will be your lover forever I will never say another cross word to you"

But Dora heard not and saw not She left the roo between the officers, and blubbering with shame and passion and the sense of total loss In a few e drive to the door Tyrrel and Ethel assisted Dora into it, and the party drove at once to the railway station They were just able to catch the London train The butler came up to report all the trunks safely forwarded, and Dora dropped gold into his hand, and bade hi broke Fortunately there was no tian to lide into the darkness, turned silently away That depression which so often follows the lifting of burdens not intended for our shoulders weighed on their hearts and made speech difficult Tyrrel was especially affected by it A quick feeling of so like sympathy for Mostyn would not be reasoned away, and he drew Ethel close within his arave the coachht was already becoht, and under the trees the darkness felt oppressive