How many hundreds of times she had rung the bell at Mablethorpe House! The servant came in.

She amazed the man--she spoke to him so timidly: she even apologized for troubling him! "I am sorry to disturb you.

Will you be so kind as to say to the lady that I am ready for her ?" "Wait to give that message," said a voice behind them, "until you hear the bell rung again." Mercy looked round in amazement.

Julian had returned to the library by the dining-room door..