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52 iN PURSUIT. taking such a step; it seemed like taking a leap over the edge of a precipice, for in all her life she had never been fifteen miles away from Penarth. And yet it seemed to her that if Guy had stood ny her side on the edge of a veritable precipice, and had said, “Let us step over together,” she would have done it. ‘Will you do it, darling?” he asked. If he had not bent his head until his cheek rested on hers he could not have heard the faintly whispered “ Yes.” CHAPTER XI. IN PURSUIT. At the castle Lady Darlington endeavored, with some success, to make her guests forget the absence of Guy. It was singuiar that she should have felt so certain that Guy would obtain no. sympathy from Melville Lisle; but in truth she was able to do complete justice to a character like that of the poor aristocrat. | It was only toward the daughter that she felt any anger; toward the father she found herself leaning with a growing admiration. It pleased her to see the’ precious possession of birth so highly prized, and she found herself planning that when Guy was safely married to Sibyl she would take up the Lisles, or—and she actually smiled at the thought—she would let Melville Lisle take her up, At any rate, he was a congenial spirit, and worthy of a better fate than had fallen to his lot. She listened during the evening for the ring of the hoofs on the paved court-yard which should announce the re- turn of her-son from the defeat she knew he would experi- ence, and as the time went by, and she was disappointed, she became uneasy. But at last, somewhere near ten o’clock, she heard the sound of hoofs clattering over the stones, and then waited expectantly for Guy to come in, something like pity for him stirring her heart. He did not come, however, and she felt that it had been a hard blow for him. He had probably gone to his rooms at once, unable, perhaps, to face the guests in the drawing- room. Poor boy! as he grew to know the world better he would have more fortitude to bear a disappointment such as this, And with this she dismissed the subject from her mind, and gave her whole attention to her guests un- til she retired, when it occurred to her again, and she gaid, casually, to her maid; | vy, Eomichooks.com