He looked troubled, and said in a low tone, "At four o'clock we go from here to meet the earliest train.

I have telegraphed his friends, and have had an answer.

I am going down myself, and it is all arranged in the best way, I think.

Go and lie down now, Pauline; I will come and take you down soon as the house is quiet." Richard went away unconscious of the stab his news had given me.

I had not counted on anything so sudden as this parting.