abroad. Besides, what could she do with baby, for of course she must
leave nurse behind; she would have to engage a stranger who did not
know she was Lady Redmond. And then she bethought herself that she
would call herself by her husband's second name, St. Clair--she would
be Mrs. St. Clair.

Yes, she and her father had had a very happy time at Rowan-Glen. They
had been to Edinburgh, and to the Western Highlands, and had then made
their way to Aberdeen, as Colonel Mordaunt had some old Indian friends
there; and, as they had still some weeks to spare, they had come down
to the Deeside, and had fallen in love with Rowan-Glen.

But they could not obtain a lodging in one of the cottages, so the
Manse opened its hospitable doors to them. The minister, Mr. Duncan,
was old, and so was his wife, and they had no children; so, as there
was room and to spare, and their income was somewhat scanty, the good
old people were quite willing to take in Colonel Mordaunt and his
little daughter. Fay had forgotten their existence until now; but she
remembered how kind Mrs. Duncan had been to her; and she thought she
would go to her, and tell her that she was married, and very unhappy,
and then she would let her and baby stop there quietly in the old gray
house.

Nobody ever came there, for they were quiet folk, and Mr. Duncan was
an invalid; and there was a dear old room, looking out on the
old-fashioned garden, where her father had slept, that would just do
for her and baby.

Fay had a vague sort of feeling that her strength would not last very
long, and that by and by she would want to be cared for as well as
baby. Her poor brain was getting confused, and she could not
sleep--there was so much to plan before the next day.

Ah, what a night that was. If it had not been for the soft breathing
of her infant in the darkness, Fay must have screamed out in her
horror, as thoughts of the desolate future came over her; and yet it
was easier for her to go away than to stay on at the Hall an unloved
wife--a millstone round her husband's neck.

When Janet called her at the proper time, she found her up and dressed
and beginning her baby's toilet.

"Here, Janet," she said, with an unsteady laugh, "I don't think I am
putting on baby's things very nicely, but I wanted to try, so nurse
let me; but he cries so that he confused my head." And then she gave
him up and went wandering through the rooms, saying a silent good-bye
to everything; and la