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DINNER WITH ELIZABETH.
The rest of that day was for Tavernake a period of feverish anxieties.
He received two telegrams from Mr.Martin, his solicitor, and he himself was more uneasy than he cared to admit.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, at eight in the evening, and again at eleven o'clock at night, he presented himself at the Milan Court, always with the same inquiry.

On the last occasion, the hall porter had cheering news for him.
"Mrs.Wenham Gardner returned from the country an hour ago, sir," he announced.

"I can send your name up now, if you wish to see her." Tavernake was conscious of a sense of immense relief.