8/21 She was offering him her hand in silence when Trefusis said: "Wait and see us off. If we chance to be killed on the journey--which is always probable on an English railway--you will reproach yourself afterwards if you do not see the last of us. Here is the train; it will not delay you a minute. Tell Erskine that you saw me here; that I have not forgotten my promise, and that he may rely on me. Get in at this end, Miss Lindsay." "My maid," said Gertrude hesitating; for she had not intended to travel so expensively. |