At her tea-table I narrated the whole of my adventure backwards to the time of our parting in Venice, hurrying it over as quick as I could, with the breathless termination, 'And now ?' They had an incomprehensible reluctance to perform their part of the implied compact.

Miss Goodwin looked at Captain Malet.

He took his leave.

Then she said, 'How glad I am you have dropped that odious name of Roy! Papa and I have talked of you frequently--latterly very often.

I meant to write to you, Harry Richmond.