He had a fancy to wrap up a bombshell in the will.

Now--the shell has burst.' 'I am sorry,' she said; and was silent a moment.

At length, 'Does it make--any great difference to you ?' she asked naively.
Sir George looked at her as if he were studying her appearance.

Then, 'Yes, child, it does,' he said.
She hesitated, but seemed to make up her mind.

'I have never asked you where you live,' she said softly; 'have you no house in the country ?' He suppressed something between an oath and a groan.