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Itover him too He had, to be sure, other tastes and interests; he spent his vacations in European travel, cultivated the "clever people" May spoke of, and generally tried to "keep up," as he had someistfully put it to Madame Olenska But once he was in of life in which his real experiences were lived? He had seen enough of other young h perhaps less ardently, and who had gradually sunk into the placid and luxurious routine of their elders

Froer to Madaing her to let hi, nor did he receive any letter the following day This unexpected silencehe saw a glorious cluster of yellow roses behind a florist's -pane, he left it there It was only on the thirdthat he received a line by post from the Countess Olenska To his surprise it was dated from Skuytercliff, whither the van der Luydens had pro the Duke on board his steaan abruptly (without the usual preliminaries), "the day after I saw you at the play, and these kind friends have taken s over You were right in telling me how kind they were; I feel myself so safe here I wish that you ith us" She ended with a conventional "Yours sincerely," and without any allusion to the date of her return

The tone of the note surprised the youngaway froht was of some dark menace from abroad; then he reflected that he did not know her epistolary style, and that it erated; and lish, which she often spoke as if she were translating from the French "Jesentence iht eed her to be capricious, and easily wearied of the pleasure of the mo carried her off to Skuytercliff on a second visit, and this time for an indefinite period The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the ed But Archer had seen, on his last visit to Paris, the delicious play of Labiche, "Le Voyage de M Perrichon," and he reed attachlacier The van der Luydens had rescued Madah there wereattracted to her, Archer knew that beneath theo on rescuing her