2/40 I went to his place once, but could hear nothing of him, and since then I have just waited till the muddy water should strain itself clear again.' 'But I am in ignorance yet of the state of things in Lambeth,' said Mrs.Ormonde. 'Do you know anything about the library ?' 'Dalmaine keeps our world supplied with the latest information,' Mr. 'The library scheme, I suppose, is at an end. The man Grail, we are told, pursues his old occupation.' Mrs.Ormonde kept silence. The other continued, assuming a tone of cheerful impartiality: 'Really it is very instructive, an affair of this kind. |