I said no, not in the least, and that I hoped little Sir Rupert would live to make her very happy.

I am not quite sure, but I think there were tears glistening in her eyes when she drove away." Some weeks afterward I received the following letter from Mrs.
Trevelyan: "My Dear Edgar--Once again, I address you--once again, setting pride and all things aside, I offer you Crown Anstey.

You have been away some time now, and know how different is your present hard life from the happy, luxurious one you led here.

Your engagement with Miss Thesiger is, of course, broken off.

I hear she has a wealthy suitor--Lord Abberley.