"DEAR MR. CARRUTHERS,--
"I am sorry I was out," then I bit the end of my pen. "Don't come and see
me this evening. I will tell you why in a day or two.
"Yours sincerely,
"EVANGELINE TRAVERS.
"Will that do?" I said, and I handed it to Robert, while I addressed the
envelope.
"Yes," he said, and waited while I sealed it up and gave it to the porter.
Then, with a surreptitious squeeze of the hand, he left me to go to Lady
Merrenden.
I have come up to my little sitting-room a changed being. The whole world
revolves for me upon another axis, and all within the space of three short
hours.