"My brother's writing!" he exclaimed.

"A letter from Nugent!" He opened the letter--and burst out with a cry of joy which brought Lucilla instantly to his side.
"What is it ?" she asked eagerly.
"Nugent is coming back! Nugent will be here in a week! Oh, Lucilla! my brother is coming to stay with me at Browndown!" He caught her in his arms, and kissed her, in the first rapture of receiving that welcome news.

She forced herself away from him without answering a word.

She turned her poor blind face round and round, in the search for me.
"Here I am!" I said.
She roughly and angrily put her arm in mine.

I saw the jealous misery in her face as she dragged me away with here to the house.