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"To-morrow," said Romayne. He shook hands with Stella, and left the
picture gallery.
Thus far, the conspiracy to marry him promised even more hopefully than
the conspiracy to convert him. And Father Benwell, carefully instructing
Penrose in the next room, was not aware of it!
But the hours, in their progress, mark the march of events as surely as
they mark the march of time. The day passed, the evening came--and, with
its coming, the prospects of the conversion brightened in their turn.
Let Father Benwell himself relate how it happened--in an extract from
his report to Rome, written the same evening.
"... I had arranged with Penrose that he should call at my lodgings,
and tell me how he had prospered at the first performance of his duties
as secretary to Romayne.
"The moment he entered the room the signs of disturbance in his face
told me that something serious had happened. I asked directly if there
had been any disagreement between Romayne and himself.
"He repeated the word with every appearance of surprise. 'Disagreement?'
he said.


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