"
"You have so much, too, which should make you happy--which should keep
you employed and amused," she said, softly.
"'Employed and amused.'" His eyes flashed upon her with a gleam of
something very much like anger. "It pleases you to mock me!"
"Indeed no!" she protested. "You must not say such things to me."
"Then remember," he said, bitterly, "that sympathy from you comes always
very near to mockery. It is you and you alone who can unlock the door
for me. You show me the key--but you will not use it."
A belated caller straggled in, and Arranmore took his leave. Lady
Caroom for the rest of the afternoon was a little absent. She gave her
visitors cold tea, and seriously imperiled her reputation as a charming
and sympathetic hostess.
CHAPTER III
THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MARY SCOTT
The looking-glass was, perhaps, a little merciless in that clear north
light, but Mary's sigh as she looked away from it was certainly
unwarranted. For, as a matter of fact, she had improved wonderfully
since her coming to London. A certain angularity of figure had
vanished--the fashionable clothes which Mr.
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