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- Miss Lisle.” and her cheeks paled. from himself.” this with Guy,” she said, with a quiet dignity. “I hope — uy —" ia < .. ~ 4 . oe »*. p ye oh. . y ° i 5S. "a . 5 we 4 Seg 1 5 Tone : the SS i . " lan r Le . es Wy Wee ps fa ix % Oo 2 rd i Tai, a wa afl o » — oi ee ; . east | suppose, » gaid Lord ‘Coldeiiags, wae: ‘Mes ee ; % courtesy, “it will be best for me to speak frankly to ms . A frightened expression sprang into Violet's blue eye, ~ “Nothing has happened to——” | Scag os She stopped, and looked piteously at him. ) a “To Guy?” he said, gently, for it was not in his nature to be unnecessarily cruel to this fair flower. “ No; he is” well. But Ido not come from Guy; 1 come for him.” “For him?” repeated Violet, wonderingly. * Yes—for him, and for you.” “T do not understand you, sir; and——” she hesitated, for fear of giving offense—* and I do not know you.” ‘Pardon me for forgetting,” he said, in his most Gour- teous manner. “Iam the Marquis of Coldenham. You. may have heard Guy speak of me.” “Oh, yes, sir; Guy has often spoken of you, and of your daughter,” she answered, smiling sweetly, but with a faint frown that denoted that she was puzzled. Lord Coldenham bit his lip. How much had Guy said. of Sibyl? Did this girl know that his daughter had been. set aside for her? Certainly there was nothing to indicate such a knowledge in her expression, and he could see that she was altogether too guileless to be dealing in innuendo. © “Can you not guess,” he asked, after an imperceptible pause. “why I am here?” 4 “No, sir.” | 4 “T have come to ask you to help me save Guy.” 4 “Save Guy !” E “Yes, my dear young lady, to save Guy—to save him : eS ‘ otal — She looked at him with wide-open eyes, into whieh the { pitiful look of fear had crept again. “Tdo not understand you, sir,” she said, slowly, shak- ing her head. 3 “I might have said, to save you, too, for if this mar- riage takes place you will suffer as well as he.” : 3 A softly spoken, “Oh!” issued from her lips, and shes 7 drew herself up with a pride that reminded Lord Colden-~ ham of her father. 4 “You understand me now 2?” he said. = “Yes, I understand you, and I must ask you to discuss. you will excuse me if I leave you. Guy will be neers presently.” (9) oS (o} Oo (@) (2)