the memory of Miss Fairlie’s look and manner at the breakfast-table told me that the expected visitor at Limmeridge House was her future husband. I tried to force it back; but something rose within me at that moment stronger than my own will, and I interrupted Miss Halcombe.
“Let me go to-day,” I said bitterly. “The sooner the better.”
“No, not to-day,” she replied. “The only reason you can assign to Mr. Fairlie for your departure,
the memory of Miss Fairlie’s look and manner at the breakfast-table told me that the expected visitor at Limmeridge House was her future husband. I tried to force it back; but something rose within me at that moment stronger than my own will, and I interrupted Miss Halcombe.
“Let me go to-day,” I said bitterly. “The sooner the better.”
“No, not to-day,” she replied. “The only reason you can assign to Mr. Fairlie for your departure,
