2/19 "I don't know why," he said--"but the dread of hearing it again has oppressed me all this morning. To tell you the truth, I came here in the hope that the change might relieve me." "Has it done so ?" "Yes--thus far." "Doesn't that suggest, my friend, that a greater change might be of use to you ?" "Don't ask me about it, Loring! I can go through my ordeal--but I hate speaking of it." "Let us speak of something else then," said Lord Loring. "What do you think of Miss Eyrecourt ?" "A very striking face; full of expression and character. Leonardo would have painted a noble portrait of her. But there is something in her manner--" He stopped, unwilling or unable to finish the sentence. |