One of the first questions, after his return, that the Duke of Hazlewood put to his wife was about Lord Arleigh.

She looked at him with an uneasy smile.
"Am I my brother's keeper ?" she asked.
"Certainly not, Philippa; but, considering that Arleigh has been as a brother to you all these years, you must take some interest in him.

Is this story of his marriage true ?" "True ?" she repeated.

"Why, of course it is--perfectly true! Do you not know whom he has married ?" "I am half afraid to ask--half afraid to find that my suspicions have been realized." "He has married my companion," said the duchess.

"I have no wish to blame him; I will say nothing." "It is a great pity that he ever saw her," observed the duke, warmly.
"From all I hear, the man's life is wrecked." "I warned him," said Philippa, eagerly.