CHAPTER XXV.
Paris Again "Le courage commence l'oeuvre et ...

" The same afternoon John Turner and I quitted Hopton.

I with a heavy enough heart, which, _d'ailleurs_, I always carried when leaving Lucille.

There was, however, work to be done, and a need for instant action is one of the surest antidotes to sad thought.

I was engaged, moreover, in affairs intimately concerning Lucille.