"Business obliges him to leave Frizinghall for London to-day, and he proposes coming on here, either this evening or to-morrow.

I must tell him what has happened between Rachel and me.

His heart is set on our marriage--there will be great difficulty, I fear, in reconciling him to the breaking-off of the engagement.

I must stop him, for all our sakes, from coming here till he IS reconciled.

Best and dearest of friends, we shall meet again!" With those words he hurried out.