George marked his mood, and with a regret at his new role caught him by the arm and checked him.
"I say, old man, don't go in just yet.

I want to tell you something, and I think you had better hear it now." Lewis turned obediently, amazed by the gravity of his friend's face.
"Some people came up from Glenavelin this afternoon and among them a Mrs.Andrews, whom I had a talk to.

She told me that Al--Miss Wishart is engaged to that fellow Stocks." Lewis's face whitened and he turned away his eyes.

He could not credit it.

Two days ago she had been free; he could swear it; he remembered her eyes at parting.