CHAPTER IV.
NEVILLE'S SUCCESS.
Neville sat in his room alone, without moving, for a couple of hours after Mrs.O'Hara had left him.

In what way should he escape from the misery and ruin which seemed to surround him?
An idea did cross his mind that it would be better for him to fly and write the truth from the comparatively safe distance of his London club.

But there would be a meanness in such conduct which would make it impossible that he should ever again hold up his head.

The girl had trusted to him, and by trusting to him had brought herself to this miserable pass.

He could not desert her.