He is an
evil, incredulous, mocking beast, who a few centuries ago would
have been burned with his late mistress
I am sane and happier now that I have come to my irrevocable
determination.
To-morrow I go to Judith.
CHAPTER XIX
November 10th.
I had to ring twice before Judith's servant opened the flat door.
"Mrs. Mainwaring is engaged just at present, Sir Marcus."
"Ask her if I can come in and wait, as I have something of
importance to say to her."
She left me standing in the passage, a thing that had never
before occurred to me in Judith's establishment, and presently
returned with her answer. Would I mind waiting in the dining-
room? I entered. The table was littered with sheets of her
statistical work and odd bits of silk' and lining. A type-writer
stood at one end and a sewing-machine at the other. On the
writing-desk by the window, in the midst of a mass of letters and
account-books, rested a large bowl filled with magnificent blooms
of white and yellow chrysanthemums.
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