I can't bear to see him." It was all unreal, except the jealousy which suddenly took Rachel by the throat and nearly choked her.
"I have undertaken what is beyond my strength," she said to herself, as she hastily dressed for dinner.

"How shall I bear it when she speaks of him?
How shall I go through with it ?" Presently she was dining alone with Lord Newhaven.

He mentioned that it was Dick Vernon with whom he had been walking when she arrived.

Dick was staying in Southminster for business, combined with hunting, and had ridden over.

Lord Newhaven looked furtively at Rachel as he mentioned Dick.