6/23 It is no time for dancing attendance on ladies." "For all I know she lies buried under the guillotine," said I. "She and her mother are back at Knockowen, so I was told a month ago, before we sailed on this voyage." I seized his hand so eagerly at this news as almost to startle him. "Ay, she's back, but no nearer your reach for that. I hear Gorman has become a rich man since. The English estates that belonged to the master of Kilgorman have yielded a great profit, and besides that he has got hold of the Lestrange property too. |