2/14 It was only an accident, then, that I did not meet you." "It is true," he answered, with a bow. "I received the most charming hospitality there from your father and mother." "Why, you are the friend," Helen exclaimed, suddenly seizing his hands, "of whom Dick speaks in his letter!" "It has been my great privilege to have been of service to Major Felstead," was the grave admission. "He and I, during our college days, were more than ordinarily intimate. I saw his name in one of the lists of prisoners, and I went at once to Wittenberg." A fresh flood of questions was upon Helen's lips, but Philippa brushed her away. "You have brought us these letters from Richard, for which we offer you our heartfelt thanks, but you did not risk your liberty, perhaps your life, to come here simply as his ambassador. |