"If
I can find a person capable of informing me, I may make some valuable
discoveries in the earlier history of Miss Eyrecourt's life. No more,
now. We had better return to our friends."
CHAPTER V.
FATHER BENWELL MISSES.
THE group before the picture which had been the subject of dispute
was broken up. In one part of the gallery, Lady Loring and Stella were
whispering together on a sofa. In another part, Lord Loring was speaking
privately to Romayne.
"Do you think you will like Mr. Penrose?" his lordship asked.
"Yes--so far as I can tell at present. He seems to be modest and
intelligent."
"You are looking ill, my dear Romayne. Have you again heard the voice
that haunts you?"
Romayne answered with evident reluctance. "I don't know why," he
said--"but the dread of hearing it again has oppressed me all this
morning. To tell you the truth, I came here in the hope that the change
might relieve me."
"Has it done so?"
"Yes--thus far."
"Doesn't that suggest, my friend, that a greater change might be of use
to you?"
"Don't ask me about it, Loring! I can go through my ordeal--but I hate
speaking of it.
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