"Where did you say your Master Robert had gone ?" "To ole Miss Keswick's.

He went dis mawnin'." Junius turned slightly pale, and addressing Mr Croft, said: "Something very strange must have happened here! Miss March is ill, and Mr Brandon has gone to a place to which I think nothing but a matter of the utmost importance could take him." "In that case," said Mr Croft, "it will be highly improper for me to go to the house just now.

I am very glad that I heard the news before I got there.

I will return to the Springs, and will call to-morrow and inquire after Miss March's health.

Do not let me detain you as your presence is evidently much needed at the house." "Thank you," said Keswick, hurriedly shaking hands with him.