You have some lodgers here--a lady and gentleman called Holbrook." He plunged at once at this assertion, as the easiest way of arriving at the truth.

He had a conviction that this solitary farm-house was the place to which his unknown rival had brought Marian.
"Yes, sir," the woman answered, still staring at him in her Blow stupid way.

"Mrs.Holbrook is here, but Mr.Holbrook is away up in London.

Did you wish to see the lady ?" Gilbert's heart gave a great throb.

She was here, close to him! In the next minute he would be face to face with her, with that one woman whom he loved, and must continue to love, until the end of his life.
"Yes," he said eagerly, "I wish to see her.