150/152 He shall annoy you no more.... Do you promise ?' 'I do,' she said. 'Now please leave me.' 'Once more--am I to understand that no marriage is to take place to-day between you and me ?' 'You are.' Sir William De Stancy left the room. It was noticeable throughout the interview that his manner had not been the manner of a man altogether taken by surprise. During the few preceding days his mood had been that of the gambler seasoned in ill-luck, who adopts pessimist surmises as a safe background to his most sanguine hopes. |