"
"Then where is rumor wrong, if I may ask?"
"Well, Traverse, I promised not to speak of it, but I do not think she will
mind if I tell you."
Mr. Sherwood did not notice how eagerly Guy waited for the next words, for
he was studying his next move and seemed to have forgotten what he was
about to communicate.
"If Miss Dexie does not wish the matter spoken of, you may rely on my
discretion," Guy remarked, as a reminder.
"To be sure; well, the fact is, she has broken off the engagement, if there
was any, between herself and that young Englishman. I daresay you may have
heard us speaking of him, and he is soon to be married to a lady from his
own country; that leaves her free, contrary to Dame Rumor."
"Is it possible! And Miss Dexie--"
"Is as happy as a lark; do not extend your sympathy, Traverse, or you will
find it much misplaced."
If Dexie had guessed that the very one she had hoped to keep in ignorance
was the first one to be told the facts of the case, she would never have
parted with her _news_, even to her father.
Guy's heart bounded with hope and joy as he heard it, yet his happiness was
still overshadowed by the thought of that ring.
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