Will you see about a room for her, and lend her anything she requires ?" "Of course," Clara answered.

"Won't you come into the house with me ?" she added pleasantly to the girl.

"You must be horribly tired travelling this hot weather, and this is such an out-of-the-way corner of the world!" Hester lingered for a moment, glancing nervously at Mannering.
"I must go back to-night," she said.

"I only came because I thought that it would be quicker than writing." "To-night ?" he exclaimed.

"But, my dear girl, that is impossible.