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Hammond seated himself beside her sofa. The change in her
appearance since the spring was more marked to-day than it had seemed to
him last night in the dim lamplight. Yes, there was need hero for a
speedy settlement of air earthly matters. The traveller was nearing the
mysterious end of the journey. The summons might come at any hour.
'Mr. Hammond, I feel a confidence in your integrity, your goodness of
heart, and high principle which I never thought I could feel for a man
of whom I know so little,' began Lady Maulevrier, gravely. 'All I know
of you or your antecedents is what my grandson has told me--and I must
say that the information so given has been very meagre. And yet I
believe in you--and yet I am going to trust you, wholly, blindly,
implicitly--and I am going to give you my granddaughter, ever so much
sooner than I intended to give her to you. Soon, very soon, if you will
have her!'
'I will have her to-morrow, if there is time to get a special licence,'
exclaimed Hammond, bending down to kiss the dowager's hand, radiant with
delight.


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