CHAPTER XXVIII.
HOPE SURPRISED Mrs.Tyrrell and Annabel were lunching with friends somewhere: Mr.
Newthorpe had just taken a solitary meal in the room which he used for a study.

Thither Mrs.Ormonde was conducted.
She noticed that he looked by no means so well as he had done before leaving Eastbourne.

His greeting was nervous.

He would not sit down, preferring to move restlessly from one position to another.
'I was about to write to you,' he said.

'What news do you bring ?' 'I have come to you for news.' 'But you have seen Egremont ?' 'Neither seen nor heard from him.' 'Then I suppose that settles the matter.