CHAPTER XVIII.
Mrs.Goddard's head ached "terrible bad" according to Martha, and when the vicar left her she went and lay down upon her bed, with a sensation that if the worst were not yet over she could bear no more.

But she had an elastic temperament, and the fact of having consulted Mr.Ambrose that morning had been a greater relief than she herself suspected.

She felt that he could be trusted to save Mr.Juxon from harm and Walter from capture, and having once confided to him the important secret which had so heavily weighed upon her mind she felt that the burthen of her troubles was lightened.

Mr.Juxon could take any measures he pleased for his own safety; he would probably choose to stay at home until the danger was past.

As for her husband, Mary Goddard did not believe that he would return a third time, for she thought that she had thoroughly frightened him.