Still in ignorance of the refuge which she might by bare possibility hope to find in Mrs.MacEdwin's house, Sydney was spared the torturing doubts which now beset Herbert Linley's mind.
Would the noble woman whom they had injured allow their atonement to plead for them, and consent to keep their miserable secret?
Might they still put their trust in that generous nature a few hours hence?
Again and again those questions confronted Linley; and again and again he shrank from attempting to answer them..