But you will be back soon ?" "Very soon." "Before the end of the week ?" "I cannot say." He was evidently trying to get away, whilst she was straining every nerve to keep him back for a moment or two.
"Percy," she said, "will you not tell me why you go to-day?
Surely I, as your wife, have the right to know.

You have NOT been called away to the North.

I know it.

There were no letters, no couriers from there before we left for the opera last night, and nothing was waiting for you when we returned from the ball.

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