I am so thankful you are here.

There is--there has been such--a terrible change--something has happened----" She rose unsteadily; laid her trembling hand on his arm.
"I don't know what it is," she said piteously, "but Ailsa--something dreadful has angered her against me----" "Against _you_!" "Oh, yes.

I _don't_ know all of it; I know--partly." Sleep and fatigue still confused her mind; she pressed both frail hands to her eyes, her forehead: "It was the day I returned from seeing you at Paigecourt.

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