On the further side of it he paused, and looking after the retreating carriage said aloud, "God bless you for your kind heart, Ida Hatherley.

Good luck go with you! And now for the other business." A hundred yards or so down the road, was a second gate of much less imposing appearance than those which led to the Outram Hall.

Leonard passed through it and presently found himself at the door of a square red brick house, built with no other pretensions than to those of comfort.

This was the Rectory, now tenanted by the Reverend and Honourable James Beach, to whom the living had been presented many years before by Leonard's father, Mr.Beach's old college friend.
Leonard rang the bell, and as its distant clamour fell upon his ears a new fear struck him.

What sort of reception would he meet with in this house?
he wondered.