I should be very happy indeed if we chanced to meet, there or abroad." "You are very kind, Mr.Musselwhite." "If I might ask you for your own probable address ?" "It is so uncertain.

But I am sure mamma would have pleasure in sending it, when we arc settled." "Thank you so very much." He looked up after long meditation.

"I really do _not_ know what I shall do when you are gone, Miss Denyer." And then, without warning, he said good-night and walked away.

Barbara, who had thought that the conversation was just about to become interesting, felt her heart sink into unfathomable depths.

She went back to her bedroom and cried wretchedly for a long time.
In consequence of private talk with his wife, when the family conclave had broken up, Mr.Denyer went in search of Clifford Marsh.