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Drake rode over to the Grange for breakfast, according to his prolad of an hour or two in which he could think

over the draht, and, so to speak, clear

his brain of the unpleasant glamour which Lady Luce's words and behavior

had produced

Not for a iance to Nell; never for a

moment did the splendor of Luce's beauty, the trick of her soft voice,

her passionate caress, eclipse the starlike purity of Nell's nature and

personality If it were possible, he loved Nell better and ed for herwith Luce,

than he had done before

All the way to the Grange he rehearsed what he would say to Nell when he

rode back to The Cottage He would tell her everything; would beg her to

forgive him for his deception, his concealment of his full name and

title, and--yes, he would adht that

he had loved, Lady Luce; but that now----Well, there was only one woman

in the world for hi on the lawn, dressed in riding cords of

the good old kind, loose in fit and yellow in color, and surrounded by

dogs of divers shapes and various breeds He was as ruddy-cheeked and

bright-eyed as if he had been to bed last night at ten o'clock, and he