I was terrified, but that feeling did not last very long.

Soon I grew happy, happier than I had been in weeks, happier than I had ever been in all my life before.

I found that I loved Adelaide better than I did myself.

This made everything easy, even the sending of the answer I have told you about to Mr.Ranelagh." "Miss Cumberland, how did you get this answer to Mr.Ranelagh ?" "By means of a gentleman who was going away on the very train I had been asked to leave on.

He was a guest next door, and I carried the note in to him." "Did you do this openly ?" "No.