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One cloudy night a few days later Mostyn alking ho that he , he essayed a direct cut through the dense wood intervening between the river and Drake's It was a one only a short hen he discovered that he had lost his bearings He wandered here and there for several hours, and it was only when the moon, which had been under a cloud since sundown, caht direction

He was nearing the house when in the vague light, due to the ain, he saw athe house for a h the rose bushes and other shrubbery to the side of the house beneath theof Dolly's roo he knew not what, Mostyn crept to the fence, and, half-hidden behind an apple tree, he stood watching The figure of the , and yet it was i happened Mostyn saw the figure raise its hands to its lips, and a lohistle was emitted There was a pause Then theof Dolly's room was cautiously raised, and her head appeared as she leaned over the sill

"Is your father at ho

"No, he's been gone all day" It was plainly Dolly as speaking

The stares of the two seeirl's head had furtively turned to look back into the rooate I'll keep hid"

"Very well--in athe side of the house, treading the grass softly and ate Filled with suspicion and hot fury, Mostyn kept his place, afraid that any ht too soon betray his presence to the ate

"My God," he cried, "she's like all the rest! I've been a fool-- she was to be foron for God only kno long She has been foolinglashes and flushed cheeks I was ready to ht, for reasons of her own, havewhat a woman will do Bah! What a mollycoddle I have been! She, and he too, perhaps, have been laughing at ht he knew all there was to know about women"