Book 1

, chap, xviii.]

[Illustration: AS SHE STOOD BEHIND HIM, LEANING OVER HIS CHAIR SO LOVINGLY, HE LOOKED WITH DOWNCAST EYES AT THE FIRE. AN UNEASINESS STOLE OVER HIM THAT WAS LIKE A TOUCH OF SHAME; AND WHEN HE SPOKE, AS HE PRESENTLY DID, IT WAS IN AN UNCONNECTED AND EMBARRASSED MANNER--