Part 41 (1/2)
Then entering the station she took a ticket for London, too deeply intent upon her own thoughts to notice who followed her into the office; and as soon as the train drew up, she stepped into an e out her further proceedings, for her mind was nowwell provided her with a banking account of her own, and her intention was to go straight to the town house, pack up a couple of trunks, and take the night boat for Dieppe, and thence go on to Switzerland, where she could extend her projects, though where she wentwith her pursuer
The train was gathering speed for its straight run on to the ter herself upon her decision, and then thinking that there was only one difficulty in her way--the opposition which ht arise on the part of the old housekeeper But she concluded that a little firers she foresaould win the old woman to her side, and then, once free froain her peace of ht when she fetched Chester to her brother
”And he will soon forget ht, and then--”
She uttered a wild cry of alarm and shrank back for a moment or two in the corner of the coreat speed at which they were going, the carriageon her left was suddenly darkened, the door thrown open, and apanting upon the opposite seat
”You here?” she cried wildly ”Oh! what madness!”
”Yes, hardly the work of a sane ht have been killed!” cried Marion, trying hard to be fir to commonplaces
”Yes, it seeood way apart; but if I had been, what then? Not the first man who has died for a woman's sake”
”Why have you come?” she said hurriedly
”Why have I come?” he replied contemptuously ”You ask that! Well, let me tell you; because I knew that sooner or later you would try to elude ht and day to prevent that Correctup to town to avoidfurther to be where I cannot find you Aravely ”I did not know that I was so weak
I know it now, and, as I have told you, we ue with you,” he said, ”only tell you once er I take that of a ht of you again--a poor stake, perhaps, for without you it is a worthless thing, but it is all I have”
She sighed and he saw that her face grew harder, as she avoided his gaze and sat looking out of thein silence
”Do I understand you,” she said at last, ”that you mean to follow me?”
”To the world's end,” he cried
”Is his manly, to force yourself upon a helpless woman?”
”No; it is despicable perhaps, but I a to ht of you is to die You are my fate, and you draw me to your side”
”To your ruin, perhaps to your death,” she said wildly ”You rasped what kind of men my relatives are You must have seen what risk you run”
”Yes, I have seen and thought out all this, but it is as nothing to your love”
”And would you see ive anything to spare you suffering”
”Then leave reat to bear”
”I--can--not!” he cried ”Drive one, then I will seek for rest”
”What!” she cried