"
The answer seemed to alarm Lady Loring. "You won't betray me?" she said.
"What do you mean?"
"You won't let Romayne discover that I have told you about the duel?"
"Certainly not. You shall see my letter before I send it to be
forwarded."
Tranquilized so far, Lady Loring bethought herself next of Major Hynd.
"Can we tell him what you have done?" her ladyship asked.
"Of course we can tell him," Stella replied. "I shall conceal nothing
from Lord Loring, and I shall beg your good husband to write to the
Major. He need only say that I have made the necessary inquiries, after
being informed of the circumstances by you, and that I have communicated
the favorable result to Mr. Romayne."
"It's easy enough to write the letter, my dear. But it's not so easy to
say what Major Hynd may think of you."
"Does it matter to me what Major Hynd thinks?"
Lady Loring looked at Stella with a malicious smile. "Are you equally
indifferent," she said, "to what Romayne's opinion of your conduct may
be?"
Stella's color rose. "Try to be serious, Adelaide, when you speak to
me of Romayne," she answered, gravely.
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