21/24 I am much obliged to you for all your kindness.' And Christine was left alone again, and then she wept. That awful silence of the stopped clock began anew, but she did not mind it now. She was listening for a footfall in a state of mental tensity which almost took away from her the power of motion. It seemed to her that the natural interval for her husband's journey thither must have expired; but she was not sure, and waited on. 'You have not rung for supper--' 'He is not yet come, Mrs.Wake. |