CHAPTER XXII.
CROSS PURPOSES.
After his interview with Jasmine in St.Paul's Cathedral, Arthur Noel went home to his very luxurious chambers in Westminster, and wrote the following letter to Mrs.Ellsworthy:-- "MY DEAR MOTHER-FRIEND, "The most curious thing has happened.

I came accidentally to-day across the three girls about whom you were so interested.

I met them at St.Paul's, and could not help speaking to the second one.

The brightness, and yet the melancholy, of her little face attracted my attention.

She was not with the rest of her party, but sat for some of the time on one of the chairs, and then knelt down and covered her face.