8/37 What to write to him when nothing occurred! Nothing did occur, unless the arrival of Mr.Weyburn was to be named an event. She alluded to it: 'Mr.Weyburn has come, expecting to find you here. Is he to await you ?' That innocent little question was a day gained. A dread surrounded it, as a belt, not shadowing the horizon; and she clasped it to her heart the more passionately, like a mother her rosy infant, which a dark world threatens and the universal fate. |