"And how is Mrs.Trevelyan,--and how is Miss Rowley ?" He soon found himself in company with those two ladies, and experienced some immediate difficulty in explaining the cause of his sudden coming.

But this was soon put aside by Mrs.Trevelyan.
"When did you see my husband ?" she asked.
"I saw him yesterday.

He was quite well." "Colonel Osborne has been here," she said.
"I know that he has been here.

I met him at the station at Exeter.
Perhaps I should not say so, but I wish he had remained away." "We all wish it," said Priscilla.
Then Nora spoke.

"But what could we do, Mr.Stanbury?
It seemed so natural that he should call when he was in the neighbourhood.