Then he laid down the receiver and returned.
"A boy is bringing up the key of your room at once," he announced.

"You will be in the south block, a long way off, but the rooms there are comfortable." "Thank you, John dear," she said, smiling.
"Just one thing more," he continued.

"I want you to remember that this miserable, tangled skein of unhappiness which you have called life is finished and done with.

From to-night you belong to me.

I must see you to-morrow--if possible at Dredlinton House--and we can work out some plans then.