Then he lifted the fine, capable hand resting upon his knee and kissed it with a beautiful reverence,--a gesture expressing the homage of the man to the brave truthfulness of the woman.
"In that case, dear," he said, "the future holds in store so great a good for Garth Dalmain that I think he may dispense with sight .-- Meanwhile you have much to say to me, and it is, of course, your right to hear every detail of his case that I can give.

And here we are at Wimpole Street.

Now come into my consulting-room.

Stoddart has orders that we are on no account to be disturbed.".