10/12 You know, Mr.Carden, thousands have been accepted in that very form. Well, sir, the next thing was we were caught in that cursed snow-storm." "Yes, she has told me all about that." "Not all, I suspect. We got separated for a few minutes, and I found her in an old ruined church, where a sort of blacksmith was working at his forge. I found her, sir, I might say almost in the blacksmith's arms. I thought little of that at first: any man has a right to succor any woman in distress: but, sir, I discovered that Miss Carden and this man were acquaintances: and, by degrees, I found, to my horror, that he had a terrible power over her." "What do you mean, sir? |