"You will see the conclusion as I see it if we return for a moment to Grace Roseberry's departure from the house." Mercy interrupted him there.

"Can you guess," she asked, "how Lady Janet prevailed upon her to go ?" "I hardly like to own it," said Julian.

"There is an expression in the letter which suggests to me that Lady Janet has offered her money, and that she has taken the bribe." "Oh, I can't think that!" "Let us return to Horace.

Miss Roseberry once out of the house, but one serious obstacle is left in Lady Janet's way.

That obstacle is Horace Holmcroft." "How is Horace an obstacle ?" "He is an obstacle in this sense.