He says now that she was not in the ship with him, but that he has written her to join him here, and yesterday he took it into his head that she would be here last night, and insisted that the carriage be sent to meet her; but John had hurt his back, and as I had no faith in her coming, he did not go.

I wish he had; it might have saved this woman's life, although she is not Gretchen.' Frank had made his confession, except so far as deceiving his brother was concerned, and he felt his mind eased a little, though there was still a lump in his throat, and a feeling of disquiet in his heart, with a wish that the dead woman had never crossed his path, and a conviction that he had not yet seen the worst of it.
Mr.St.Claire looked at him thoughtfully a moment, and then said: 'I should not accuse myself too much.

You could not know that any one would be there, and this woman certainly is not the Gretchen of whom your brother talks so much, and whose picture is in his room.

Has he seen her?
Does he know of the accident ?' 'I have not told him yet.

He is not feeling well to-day.