I then discovered that I could not do without her.
'It is to be quite a private wedding; but it is my particular wish that you come down here quietly at ten, and go to church with us; it will add greatly to the pleasure I shall experience in the ceremony, and, I believe, to Lucy's also.

I have called on you very early to make the request, in the belief that I should find you at home; but you are beforehand with me in your early rising .-- Yours sincerely, C.
Downe.' 'Need I wait, sir ?' said the servant after a dead silence.
'That will do, William.

No answer,' said Barnet calmly.
When the man had gone Barnet re-read the letter.

Turning eventually to the wall-papers, which he had been at such pains to select, he deliberately tore them into halves and quarters, and threw them into the empty fireplace.

Then he went out of the house; locked the door, and stood in the front awhile.