But in saying this, he spoke in a tone that implied a deeper feeling, and made Mrs.Lee again look grave and sigh.
"Ah, Mr.Carrington," she said, "this world will not run as we want.
Do you suppose the time will ever come when every one will be good and happy and do just what they ought?
I thought this offer might possibly take one anxiety off your shoulders.

I am sorry now that I let myself be led into making it." Carrington could not answer her.

He dared not trust his voice.

He rose to go, and as she held out her hand, he suddenly raised it to his lips, and so left her.

She sat for a moment with tears in her eyes after he was gone.