"Yes, I know.

But, Sydney, don't you know that I should like any place, if I lived in it, with you ?" Unconsciously, they had left the wood and were now standing by the gate on the roadway.

It was all so still and solitary that they stood, hand in hand, looking at each other and lost to everything else in the world; they were so lost that they did not hear the sound of a carriage coming round the bend of the road; and Lady Gridborough's jingle was upon them before they had time to escape.

In the little carriage were her ladyship and Reggie Rex.

Celia was the first to see them, and with a faint exclamation and a burning blush, she gripped Derrick's hand, and looked round as if to fly into hiding.