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"Thank you," I said, rown so to

respect your balance and serenity, I should have been sorry to have to

changewith fury at having been made to

obey I felt it wise to turn the conversation

"I suppose lunch will be ready soon"

She went towards the door then, and left ot to her roo for her on the dressing table!

I had written on a card inside the lid of the box: "To Alathea with her husband's best wishes"

Burton announced lunch before she returned to the sitting-room I sent

him to say that it was ready, and a moment after she came in She had

the case in her hand which she put down on the table, and her cheeks

were very pink, her eyes she kept lowered

"I wish you would not giveclose up to my chair "I do not care to receive

thes--the sables, the dia, and now these"

I took the case and opened it, reles

"Give me your wrist," I said sternly