Excerpt from The Argosy, Vol. 42 Edric felt angry and awkward, and determined to bring the situa tion to a close at once. Without waiting for an introduction to Mr. Meynell, he crossed to Lady Charles and bade her good-night, and then returned to Lady Valeria. Good-bye. DO you really insist on my taking this He held out the letter and case, but she drew back and he had no choice but to retain them. Her hand touched his for the last time. It was chill as death. Her lips moved without sound. She bowed her head stiffly. Then be right willingly crossed the threshold into the free air once more. The moon was Sinking into a hazy bank of clouds, and the loiterers on the Lees were fast dispersing as he started Off towards Shorncliffe at his best pace, feeling somewhat as if he had been dreaming some dream a hundred years long, and that it was about time to wake up and make an end Of it. It was becoming oppressive. His head ached with confused memo ries. Elsie's warnings, Lady Valeria's strange, passionate words, what did they both mean? Where should he find the explanation, and the link between them that he dimly felt existed? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.