about it! He won't say anything, but I know he is unhappy."

"You may tell your father from me that as far as I can judge his
illness, if he is ill, has nothing to do with that."

"Oh, George, you have made me so happy."

"I wish I could be happy myself. I sometimes think that we had better
go and live abroad."

"Abroad! You and I?"

"Yes. I suppose you would go with me?"

"Of course I would. But your mother?"

"I know there is all manner of trouble about it." He could not tell her
of his brother's threat about the house, nor could he, after that
threat, again bid her come to Manor Cross. As there was nothing more to
be said he soon left her, and went to the house which he had again been
forbidden to call his home.

But he told his sister everything. "I was afraid," she said, "that we
should be wrong in coming here."

"It is no use going back to that now."

"Not the least. What ought we to do? It will break mamma's heart to be
turned out again."

"I suppose we must ask Mr. Knox."

"It is unreasonable;--monstrous! Mr. Price has got all his furniture
back again into the Hall! It is terrible that any man should have so
much power to do evil."

"I could not pledge myself about the Dean, Sarah."

"Certainly not. Nothing could be more wicked than his asking you. Of
course, you will not tell mamma."

"Not yet."

"I should take no notice of it whatever. If he means to turn us out of
the house let him write to you, or send word by Mr. Knox. Out every
night in London! What does he do?" Lord George shook his head. "I don't
think he goes into society." Lord George could only shake his head
again. There are so many kinds of society! "They said he was coming
down to Mr. De Baron's in August."

"I heard that too. I don't know whether he'll come now. To see him
brought in between two servants you'd think that he couldn't move."

"But they told you he goes out every night?"

"I've no doubt that is true."

"I don't understand it all," said Lady Sarah. "What is he to gain by
pretending. And so they used to quarrel."

"I tell you what the woman told me."

"I've no doubt it's true. And she has gone and taken Popenjoy? Did he
say anything about Popenjoy?"

"Not a word," said Lord George.

"It's quite possible that the Dean may have been right all through.
What terrible mischief a man may do when he throws all idea of duty to
the winds! If I were you, George, I should just go on as though I had
not seen him