"Do I drive you away ?" she asked, in tones that faltered a little.
Randal wondered what she could possibly be thinking of and acknowledged it in so many words.
"She is thinking of the Divorce," Mrs.Presty explained.

"You have heard of it, of course; and perhaps you take your brother's part ?" "I do nothing of the sort, ma'am.

My brother has been in the wrong from first to last." He turned to Catherine.

"I will stay with you as long as I can, with the greatest pleasure," he said earnestly and kindly.

"The truth is, I am on my way to visit some friends; and if Captain Bennydeck had got here in time to see me, I must have gone away to the junction to catch the next train westward, just as I am going now.