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' "She’d be quite equal to keeping Mr. Borderham at bay,” interposed Mr. Gificrd bluntly. “Therworld isn’t a palace of truth, sir, and if we have to have a nodding acquaintance now and 32912, Eithm 11¢;an __lie_s_.__it .ngefinlt ‘hufi us. ’Bfit of churse you can a?) ’as you like, only if you’re going to do this I may as well go back to town. ” WON-aâ€"vâ€"J . “But what do you expect to gain by keeping up this thing now that it is suspected?” ‘ “Time, Sir Jaffray, which is every- thing. Let us put the thing plainly to Miss Leycester. I know what she’ll Sir Jafi'ray assented to this, and Mr. Gifford went over the whole ground with Beryl, telling her precisely what he had told the baronet and leaving her to decide. Without a moment’s hesitation she decided in favor of stand- ing by what they had done. 1" 1“ It was left so, but there was no neeu for even so long a delay, for the next day brought a startling development. The inspector came in the morning and by his desire saw Beryl and Sir Jafiray together. Mr. Gifford was pres- ent. “I don’t like the ‘eception, Beryl,” said Sir Jafiray at the close. “When Mr. Borderham comes to question you, you will be placed in a most awkward fix. But I will do this: I will consent to saying nothing for three daysâ€"no longer. Then, whatever happens, the facts shall be told. ” “I want you to understand my posi- tion exactly, Sir Jaffray,” he said quiet- ly and deferentially. “I told you yes- terday of an anonymous letter which had been sent to me saying that the dagger and bracelet had been put in the places where we four found them after the death of the Frenchman. I have now had another letter which says that when Miss Leycester called here on the day of the discovery she drove hurried- ly home and back again, and that be- fore she went she had‘had an interview with Mr. Gifiord here, who had told you of the discovery of the dead body and had given to you part of the brace- let, the rest of which I myself brought here. I am not able to answer the ques- tions involved either one way or an- other, bnt I am sure you, Sir Jafiray, and you. Miss Leycester, and you, too, Mr. Gifford, indeed, ill see the grav- ity of the matter an of my position and will wish to give an explanation. ” “I know no more than I tell you,” replied the inspector, “and I am most “Before any one answers such a charge we should know the person who makes it,” said Mr. Gifford. “Wait!” she said, gm ping and drawing ac c. painfully placed. I do not see how I can act otherwise than as I am doing.” “Supposingit should turn out that them has been some mistake of the kind, what would you have to do, Mr. Borderham?” asked Sir J aflray. “In the absence of Lady Walcote I should have but one painful duty,” he replied. “And that?” “To take means to find her and to ask an explanation of this most com- promising series of coincidences. ” A long and painfully embarrassing silence followed, in which all four sat thinking closely. At. the end Sir Jaflray rose and pushed back his chair and in nvoice broken with emotion he said: “You had better do so, inspector, let the consequences be what they may. The truth must come out. God help her!” Then another silence as painful as the former followed. In the midst of it a commotion was i heard in the large hall outside, and the ' door of the room was hurriedly opened. “Her ladyship. Sir Jaflray!” said the servant, and Lola, looking very pale and worn, but very determined, came Sir Jafi'ray sprang toward her with a cry of pleasure and gladness. “Wait!" she said, stopping and draw- ing back from his outstretched arms. But he was too much moved by her mmjng to be able t‘gansweg . , ___. CHAPTER XXIV. LOLA’S STORY. At the moment of her first entering the room Lola had not seen the police inspector or Mr. Gifford, but when she noticed them and saw that the former were police uniform she was startled. “Who are these gentlemen?” she asked of Sir Jaffray. ’9 left so, but there was no need ‘uurvvwvâ€" .â€" with the inquiry into the death of Pierre Tunian, and I am here 1001:ng intn thin: for the familv. '1 .am Mr. Gifford, a. private inquiry agent. 01 Sonthampton'row, London, and-well known. ” He could not resist the little ment. “I cannot speak before these gentle- men, Jaflray,” said Lola. “What I have to say can be said to youâ€"and to Beryl, for she aiready knows every- thing, or nearly everything. ” . V Aflthis theâ€"polico inspector prioked up his ears and looked across sharply at; Beryl, who noticed the action and the look. “Then we’d better go, inspector,” said Mr. Gifford, seeing the difficulty and trying to get: over it with a. 11151:. Butv In'specfor Borderham did not move. “I really think it would be better for me to Ffiay, Sir Jaffrab”_l_30§iid,§ljt_tle . .__.- “A-..__.,__. “I see no necessity whatever for your presence,” returned the baronet shortly. ‘ ‘You must see that this matter has now taken a quite unexpected turn and that you can do not-hing. You can go.’ “ You will accept the responsibility?” “What responsibility is that?” exâ€" claimed Lola excitedly. ‘ ‘Do you mean for my presence, sir? I tell you I have come back for the express purpose of facing anything that any one may ‘dare to whisper against me, that I should not have come back had it not been for the fact of Pierre Turrian’s death, and that I shall remain”â€"-sbe was going to say “at the manor house” but checked herself and substitutedâ€"“where you shall knov» perfectly .zell where to find hervousfif, aIFaTd tflfiehfi file Effâ€"61161 and yet very unwilling to go. A flash of rapid thought convinced the inspector that he could not possibly do any harm by doing what was asked, as he could easily shadow her ladyship should she attempt to get away again. me whenever you wish. But now I have something to say to myâ€"m Sir Jafi‘ray, which concerns no one but himself, and for the. moment we must be left together. ” “I will do what you wish,” he said, and with a. how he left the room with Mr. Gifford. Sir Jafiray sat apart, torn by infinite- ly painful emotions. Her first repulse of him had roused a multitude of dis- turbing thoughts in which his fears on account; of her madness, his doubts about the part she had played in the death of Pierre Turrian and his love, qnickened into hot passion by the sight of her, were all mingled with a new and worst fear that her action was the result of a resolve not to let him go near her until she had confessedâ€"what he knew not. He longed to rush and take her in his arms and yet was held back in a conflict of doubts and fears. As soon as the three were alone there was along silence. The warmth with which Lola had Spoken to the inspector died out, the palior which all had no- ticed on her first entry increased, and she leaned back on the sofa on which she eat as thounh weak and striving to O“ collect her strength for a great effort. Beryl sat quietly waiting for Lola to tell in her own way the story of which she knew the main features. Lola broke the silence at length with a long, deep sigh. Then she said: “Ah, Jafi‘ruy, I have been mud!” The words so fitted themselves to his worst: fears on her account that: he looked across at her with an expression which she seemed to read intuitively. “Do you think I am guilty of the death of Pierre Turriun, Jafiray?” she cried in a voice of pain and resentment. “And you, Beryl, do you?” And with- out waiting for any answer in words, reading one in the momentary embar- rassed silence of the two, she cried in a voice all sorrow and suffering: “Heaven help me! It is indeed time I came back! Oh, Jafiray, Jafiray!” And, bursting into 50b5, she buried her face in her hands on the head of the sofa. Sir Jafiray could not bear the sight. of her distress, but went; quickly to her, and, laying a hand on her shoulder, said: “Give me your word that you know nothing of this, Lola, and I will believe you against the world.” She shook his hand ofi as though his touch burned her, and, rising to her feet, looked him steadily in the face. “ Were the positions changed I should need no word of yours to make me feel your innocence, Jaffray,” she saidiu a tone which stabbed him, “but you shall have my word. As God is my judge I know no more than yourself how this man met his death.” A flood of relief burst over him at the "words, and again he made as though he would clasp her in his arms, and again she prevented him. Then Beryl, who had waited with suspense for the avowal of he? inno- cence, and who was quite ready to ac- cept it and to be convinced by it, feel- ing something of the agony which Lola must at that moment he enduring, went. to her, and, making her sit down again on the sofa, insisted on sitting by her. She put her arms round her and held her in a close embrace and‘kissed her. "Ii1“s‘fiei:t51-"'E‘6id‘é§h‘é’m"fs charged 3I~ALL -£ At first Lola tried to prevent the girl, 9 but the. touch of sympathy was too . sweet to be long repulsed, and she first suffered, then welcomed and at last rev- ; eled in the consolation thus offered. ' '. “101 makg my heavv task lump?“ “Forgive 1110, Lola, for I, too. have wronged you in thought. I know what you must have suffered. Why did you act come to me?” advertisement even at such she m {E‘BefiI "'fif‘ééen'ii'yj'h‘fia’mfi, after another pause, she began her con- fession, beginning, womanlike, with an implied attack upon Sir J afirfzy pimself. “‘No, Jafiray, the blood of that: man does not; lie on my hands,” she said in a low, clear voice. “It: was not for that reason that I would not let you take me in your arms just now. anven knows, I a'm bad and mad enough, but I am not like that. ” The baronet made a gesture of pro- test, but she checked him, and sitting up on the sofa, with her hand in one of Beryl’s, she went on, speaking in low tones and with frequent pauses: . “,I will not try to make my faults less than they age. Do you remember a. story' which that man told a few nights am at the dinner table here? Well. the husband and wife in that story were Pierre Tunian and myself. You have asked me often whether there was any- thing in the past that I had not told you. There wasâ€"that I was Pierre Turriau’s wife. ' Now you can guess what I have sufiered, and you know the reason why I fled.” -- .-. . . ‘ “Pierre Turrian’s wife!” exclaimed Sir Jaffray, repeating the words over and over again as though he could not understand them. “Pierre Turrian’s wife! His wife!” Then after a long pause he asked, “Did you know this when”â€" He did not finish, but she un- derstood. “You heard the story as he told it,” she answered. “He said you tried to kill him then. ” “That is true, as true as light!" cried Lola vehemently, and Beryl felt her start and her muscles harden with tem- per. “It was an impulse, coming either from heaven to free myself from a devil, orfrom hell to bind myself closer than ever to him, I know not which, but I acted on it, and never from that moment till now, when I see you shrink and quiver at the thought of it, have I regretted it. I will not palliate my act or belittle it, but this I may sayâ€"I do not know that he could possibly have saved himself had I not stamped on his fingers, but Idid not think of that then. He had made my life a hell, and when the chance seemed to come in my way I tried to free myself, and I .would do the same again.” She stopped and looked eagerly acrcss at Sir Jafi’ray, hoping to read on his face an expression less hard than that which by her words she seemed to ex- pect and not to fear. “The rest you know now or can gnegs nearly. except one thing. I will tell the truth now, the 'whole of it, and you shall know the worst of me that can be known. I thought he was dead, and when my father died I dropped the name of Turrian like a hated thing and came here to England merely as Miss Crawsh‘ay. ’ ’ Then her voice grew harder, and the note of defiance again was per- ceptible. “I meant to marry and to mar- But; he made no sign of any kind, and she went on: ry well, and I had nuwish to be known as the widow of such a cheat and vil- lain us Pierre Turrian. Then I met you and resolved that_ you should marry me, and I married 'you without loving you. ” The last words came. slowly, and when she had finished shg hid her face again, as though now afraid to meet his 190k. “That is the hardest thing you have said. Lola,” said Sir Jaffray. Then for the third time a long silence came upon them all. “I have been woefully punished," said Lola in a low, half moaning voice of infinite sadness. “Out of both my faults have mine the means to punish t'm m The Lian who was dead lived to st: unp out t‘ 1e light of my life. The love I had never felt woke to make my pun- ishment greater than I could bear. If I had never loved you, Jufirny, I could have faced without flinohing all that that man could do or threaten, but when he had the power to put out the lighted love which I had thought would never be kindled I was desolate. He came and forced himself upon me, and I dared not defy him utterly. I dared not tell you. because it meantâ€"I must lose you, Jaf- fray. In a moment of madness and thinking I could play a desperate game with safety I tried to hold him at bay and yet to keep your love for myself, but it was useless. Some one else had learned the truthâ€"Beryl here, and it came near costing her her life, for that evil, reckless man sought to take it even in this house. But, like a woman feel- ing for a woman’s grief, Beryl tried to make the trouble as light for me as it could be. Heaven knows how I have thanked you for that and for 311‘ Beryl l” cried Lola, breaking of? a moment to kiss the girl at her side. “But there was no hope of escape," she resumed. “Failing in his attempt to kill Beryl, the madman came to me with a plan to kill you, Jaflray, andâ€"- but you remember the scene that morn- ing which you interrupted. I knew then that every door of hope was shut against me, and when he had gone I went up to my room and tried to think out the best course. Do you know what determined me? Can you guess?” She paused just an instant and looked at him as if hoping that he could read her thoughts, but before he had time to answer she continued: “No, you will not guess after what 1 have said and what has happened. I wanted to find some way out Of the trouble which would have left some of your love for me remaining. I thought to kill myself, but I knew that then the man who is dead would have told you all my guilt and have tried to trade on the knowledge till the thought of me would have been hateful to you. I tried to tell you that'afternoon, but the words were chilled on my tongue, and I could not. Then I saw no hope but togo away and so prove to the man who was than between us that he could no longer profit by his secret, and I planned it easily. He wrote to me that afternoon telling me to meet him at night at 9 o’clock near that cottage where he seems ‘40 have met his death. Then Boryl’s letter came, and you know that it was to‘éék' 113%:de t6 her, and it"ro'nfié'é just the excuse I wanted. I left word that I was going to Leycester Court, and Lmeivgtmherek “0.pr WATCHMAN-WARDER: LINDSAY. om. 6f'fli’é’fi‘6fiée‘ ahfd'télling Robfii‘fié'fh’ét ”I L 14...... I' “Ln-113 1-9- turn, and that one of the Court carriages Would take me back‘, and as soon as he was gone I walked back. You know the lonely path across the fields. I came that way and did not meet any one the whole time. ” . “Did you “go to that cottage that night?” asked Jafiray when she paused, but Beryl sent a warning glance that he should let her tell the whole story in her own way. I “Yes, _I' met him there. It was before 9 o’clock, and we walked back along E the path I had come, stopping every ' now and then. I lied to him in one , thing, knowing himâ€"I told him that ; you knew everything, Jaflray; that I was a fugitive of my own free will, ; that never again should he or you . set eyes on me, and that, though he had beaten me, the victory should be as grit and ashes between his teeth. I taunted him with the blows that you had show-v; ered on him in the morning and madâ€" dened him with jeers at the failure of his plans. What I did not let him even guess, however, was that my heart was sick and my spirit bruised. to death. We , parted, a blasphemous oath on his side i and a curse on him from me, and I set } my face to the darkness and plodded on 5. through the night, alone with my grief , and my knowledge that the sun could i never rise again in all my life. One single, solitary ray of comfort in it all i [hadâ€"that perhaps you would never} learn how false I had been and so come to curse me for it.” close belie some Lady . ‘CC said ‘ ’ ‘ 1 Lady pelle if yo be us {‘1 l Lola H.‘ you : _ ‘ ‘I f -... ‘ 001 ham L< ‘6' men (‘1 tell. said adm that whe very ‘6 v vâ€"â€"._- Her hearers had listened breathlessly to this part of the story, marking every syllable, and when she stepped they could not understand her. Sir Jaflray himself had seen her hours later than she said close to the cottage. “Where did you go, Lola, and where and what time did you‘ leave that man?” he asked hurriedly and in some excite- ment. “I was with him probably an hour, not more, and I left him to walk straight to Branxton, in order to catch the mail that stops there at 2 in 'the morning. I did that. We parted about two miles from the cottage, I should think, on the field path that runs'from there to the main road to Branxton and close to the road." “1am bewildered,” he said again. “If I am under the impression that I saw you’ close to the cottage in Ash Tree wood at a time past midnight that night, is it not possible for me to be right?” your “Let me make this clear,” be ex- claimed. “When 'I found you had gone, I rode first to Leycestcr Court. That was directly after dinner. I came back, hoping you might have returned, and then they gave me your letter. When I had pulled myself together, I started ofi as hard as I could gallop to Mrs. Vill- yers’ house, hoping against hope that you might have gone there. Finding the place closed and hearing, of course, that you had not been there, I rode again to the Court, but did not rouse it, and then came on home. It was then a long way putt fnjdnight, and as “What do you meanâ€"that I was by that ruined cottage after the time I tell I got to the corner of Ash Tree mood, by the path which leads from the cot- tage, some one came to the gap in the hedge whom I took to be you. I called to you by name, but there was no an- swer, and when I had quieted my horse, which had taken fright at your appear- ance, I tried- m vain to follow Is it im- possible that you can have been there at that time?” “Impossible? Absolutely! You know? the distance from there to Brannon. I : walked every step of the road. I reached i the station at a few minutes before 2, , Hcr hearers listened M'ca th 1658131. and at 10 minutes past I left there in the mail train for Derby, where I had planned to change carriages and get a fresh ticket on to London. ” Sir Jafi'ray r‘ose quickly from his chair and rang the bell loudly, and, go- ing to the door. told the servant to send InSpector Borderham and Mr. Gifford into the room at once. “There is something that you must hear immediately, inspector,” he said very excitedly. “There is a mystery here which must be probed at once. I 0811 give you a clew to the whole af- fair. ” And then he began to tell hur- rifldly that part; of Lola's story which kind excited him, while the inspector, éixlm and stolid and skeptical, took 00- pious notes of what he heard. CHAPTER XXV. WAITING FOR THE ARREST. Sir Jnfiray was so excited at the pos- sibility of clearing Lola from the terri- ble charge of which she had been ens» pectml and so relieved at having his own distressing doubts removed and indeed so overjoyed to see her again that he lost sight of an the first part of her con- fession in thinking of the end, and he told the facts to the inspector with all the enthusiasm and confidence of pro- found belief; But the two men to whom he spoke listened to it with thoughts very differ- ent from his. 9n “I have no doubt all that you say is 75th my grief § “1 did’not go armed. Iknow nothing he sun could i of the dagger beyond what .1 have read 11! life. One I â€"that he was stabbed with a dagger ltort in it 311 1 which may have been taken from here. ” WOIfld never “What of the bracelet?” . and 80 001110 “I ‘know nothing of that either. Purpdsely I left behind me every bit of l breathlessly . jewelry which had not been mine be- iarking 9V“! j tore my marriage.” quite correoi;fi said'iggfixépécrt'oi Elbe close in the tone of a man who didn’t believe a. word of it. “but there are some few questions I should like to 2151: Lady waloote, with your permission, H ° “Of course. Ask what yOu like,” said the barone't: . 1 A-_L‘ ”Au 0110 wâ€"_, "‘First, I am bound to caution you, ’ Lady Walcobe, that you are not oom- pelled to answer any question, and that, t I if you do answer, anything you say may . be used in evidence against you. ” 3 77,1343 “flâ€"Xsk what you please, sir," repligd sponsibla for you; :73: Lola readily. . ‘ shall be quite Willing I “.What were the relaflons between reasonable time.” you and this Pierre ,Turnan?" “I want 110 time?” “He was my husband.” - _-__.-- .. ‘ ' ,N ~ assionatel , “ m - ' “Ah! Will you all me why you left $01] now. ”5 I a... home?” . . “I think there 2225.131. Lola glanced at 811' Jaffray. said Sir J afiray. “I c “There is :19 “5° in further conceab one to look into the 1 ment," he said in answer to hex-190k.” blinded by Surface (.1 WU“ U, “U put-u- -- “It is a rather long story, but I will tell it to you. ” And Lola told him. “It is a very extraordinary tale," said the inspector skeptically. “You admit, then, that you met the deceased that night at 9 o’clock at the place where he was found dead. That is a very strong admission. ” “Yet it is the truth.” “Why did you go armed? Why did you takeathat dagger with you?” “Your theory in, then, that some one must have taken the dagger and the bracelet and have gone with them to do this murder in order to put the blame on you?” “I have no theory,” answered Lola resolutely. “I tell you the truth. I had the letter from Pierre Turrian in the afternoon. I met him at the time named and at the place'named. I walked with him for about an hour in the direction of the Brunxton road and left him at about 10 o’clock close to that road. I then walked on as fast as my strength would allow to Branxton, which -I reached just before 2 o’clock. That is all.” asked the inspector. have you? “I have come back to find them, ” re- plied Lola stoutly. “If I had done this deed, I should not have come back; but, instead, I should have put an end to my life.” “Yet you went away?" “For the same metive that brcug‘nt me backâ€"regard for Sir Jafiray. I went because flight seemed to me the only way out of a terrible entanglement, the only way to avoid even greater troubles. I came back because, for the sake of his honor, it was necessary that my name should be cleared of this suspicion. ” “It is more to the point to 351: Lady Walcote how she was dressed when she went away,” put in Mr. Giflcrd, “and how it came that Sir ‘Jaffray was able to identify her by her dress that night. ” “I was dressed as I am now.” She wore a plain black costume. “I thought I saw you in a cloak with a hood to it, such as I remembered to have seen you wear on our American trip on board the boat.” “No; I was dressed as I am." ‘ ‘The dress. in my View, is a secondary matter,” said Mr. Borderham dogmat- ically. “The important part of the af- fair is not what she wore, but what she did. Much of that is quite clear from her own admissionsâ€"most damaging ad- missions, tooâ€"and painful and unpleas- ant though it is to me,” and he turned deferentially to Sir Jafiray. “I am bound to say that Lady Walcote must consider herself under arrest. ” “Certainly. I quite agree with you,” said Mr. Gifford in so decided a tone that the others looked at him. ”The story that; we have listened to is obvi- ously a very difficult one to accept. and a very little sifting will show its ab- surdity. I would suggest, Sir Jaflmy. that it be given out here that her laz’r- ship is under surveillance, that her 2;..- missions amount; to a virtual confession, and that her actual arrest will be made as soon as the formalities can be com- pleted. With your permission I will retire from the case, and I have only to express my profound regret. that I have been unable to help you. ” ‘ As he‘snid this he rose, and all the others stared at him in the greatest sur- prise and indeed dismay. Sir Jaflrny was full of indignation. “I must ask you for an explanation of this singular course, Mr. Gifi'ord,” he said angrily. my hssistance. You then commissioned me to look into this other matter. and again I have been able to do nothing. though everything is as clear as mud in a wineglass. There is no use, there fore, in my cooling my heels here at your cost any longer when there’s nothing to be done. I don’twant: to rob you. You must excuse my being blunt, but everybody is bound to take Inspect- or Borderham’s view of what her lady- ship has told us. The thing’s as straight as this table edge. ” “The explanation lies on the surface. Sir Jafiray,” returned Mr. Gifford bluntly. “You instructed me to find Lady Walcote. She is found without “I don’t take thatview. for one!" ex- claiged ithe baronet vehemently. “Do you mean, Mr. Gififord, that you believe I killed that man, Pierre Tua‘rian?” asked Lola. her voice vibrat- ing and her eyes shining with sup- ressed feeling. “N or I, for another!” exclainied Beryl as firmly. and Lola pressed her hand fenfgntly for her support. L02 7” story, and if I havge you, that ‘ of Sir Jafiray that he ‘1‘ r sponsible for year rewainin ‘ shall be quite willing to give . roomnnhln Hymn H -....â€" u think there should be some delay," 831d- ' ISir J afiray. “I canvthgn 8% 50M to look into the matpe: when“ agiexzflid by surface detaxls.” And he glanced angrily at Mr. Giffczd, u rove the With. this.” “I think so, too,” sai : “HOW 103g"-â€"-â€" d ‘he LEW“ But Lola burst in: , “I will not have an hour’ sary delay. The sooner 1 8mg?“ charge the better, if you dare mbr- i against me!” she exclaimed any], 1 “As you will, Lady Waicom ‘ " that I 'have no alternative. There ‘ certain formalities to be complied m: but if you will agree no surrender evening I will call here.” “Much the best way, My. Bertie. ham,” said Mr. Gifford when the two had left the room. “Never baud; lame!- talehdid you? This ought to be‘ good thing for you. You’ve gone . straight as a good bound on a he: scent.” “I never had any dou‘tt, ” mplied inspector. “The change of weapons‘g a. little check, but there was never , u I only wonder 5hr,- came tack-z: thzfil all. Better have poisoned hrrscif. Wm der how the trains go. I shall jug: 133 into the servants’ quarters and 13mm I shall give ’em 2. him, too, 051711331! up. Well, I’m glad to have met 3.6qu this case. I like to see sharp work, we when I’m done my‘self. What time Shah you take her? I’m, sorry for the bum; He’s a good sort, and I’m afrzié ‘ won’t than]: you. ” doubt. ’ ’ “I'shpll get the wane It this aim noon and take her some time hate in; evening. I want as lit 2e fuss as can: but it’ll make a bit of a splash. m it?” He spoke with an air cf subdue but conscious pride, 1‘ 'r: a man v2 feels that he might boas: if he piem but wishes to appear properly modes. They parted then, and the primede tective went into the eervams’m m ask some questions about the in: and to tell them the news timid; Waloote was to be arrested [handy on a charge of having marched: Frenchman. Meanwhile in the library blankét- may had .fallen on Sir Jainy as? Beryl, and 1.013, as soon as rhea-$1 ment of her interview with the ,3: inspector was over, had broken down: the thought of the disgrace she at bringing upon ghe man she loved. “If I were duly dead,” :' “all this trouble would 71x will not die till I have 37: nocenoe, and then the sec: beast.” “Why don t yonaa .as'e time- may try to ge: some (video find)?” asked Sir Jafiray. “How could I wait?" st: 2 “What do you mew?" “Where should I Wait? I stay here, and if I (‘3‘; d as: would as soon heir. 321-." s::; petuousL . Sir Jaflray had 1:0 reply tapped the 0:11 trouble ,concerning 22‘ say nothing. “You could have Lola,” said Beryl qu with Jaffray, that 5' waited. unless, that is and left the sentence -:. “ Unless what? glancing at her. 7 “What madeMr.G1‘-fiforc denly in that Strung nay? as an apparently irrelevant The baronet muttt‘t‘cd an mention of the name. Iwas wondering whet 30* ~ motive, after all, " “Bu: thereâ€"one clings to “It is terrible, terrible TO THE DEAF. â€"A “w ”heavy”. her Deafness and :\ oises in "It #8 terrible. rerun: Sir Jam“?- "I canuc: stand .31: rk'n-r C- aetivity. I must do scaled» shall go out of my 11:115.. " é“: Then a long and ms: pui '1 val of silence came. “Jafiray,” Said Lola. thin: 231"? from the sofa. “m had be"::_.: new. It will be less su ufi‘eri'i d when we are not TO I. :7.- "I :31 She held out her hand : . 1112;. V madeanill return far all j: #3:" try, Whatever hanpu .~ hard 8. memory. I - cerity to pick out the lead to the least rm 1;: heaven kumxs I \\ ould all this if I could. Ln‘ "uu-n “It is not t-hatvincu I. I .. q‘ to now, Lola.” he ans“ ered. “Ch a brute as to m thinking 1; ”If at such a momvma as this. yfor V03 this evening? the trnth might come ont.‘ qu would rat-her fan in 113013"e fit. my resolve Ina} fan ‘39 Ember. I am a co“ardvhen1‘m you, and death would be 5'0 easier.” . ILI” ha me: c.5161 .. m “‘Dont Lola! Don‘t 9‘ voice of pain. And then another on the three. 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