4/18 He was very cold and could not still his trembling. His very teeth chattered. He answered unsteadily that despite the lateness of the hour he would await Sir Oliver's return. "But since he has not supped he is not like to be long absent." Upon that he dismissed the servant, and sat huddled there, a prey to mental tortures which were not to be repressed. His mind would turn upon naught but the steadfast, unwavering affection of which Sir Oliver ever had been prodigal towards him. |