Hartley cringed as if from an unexpected blow. He folded his arms and paced the carpet or twice She shall go, he declared grimly. Drops stood upon his brow "Why should I let that woman make my life miserable? Never have I seen one day of freedom from trouble since I have known her. You are right, Vivienne. Heloise must be sent away before I can take you home. But she shall go. I have decided. I will turn her from my doors When will you do this? "asked the girl Hartley clinched his teeth and bent his brows together To-night, " he said, resolutely. I will send her away to-night Then, said Vivienne, "my answer is yes. Come for me when you will She looked into his eyes with a sweet, sincere light in her own. Hartley could scarcely believe that her surrender was true, it was so swift and complete Promise me, "he said feelingly, "on your word and honour. On my word and honour, "repeated Vivienne, softly At the door he turned and gazed at her happily, but yet as one who scarcely trusts th foundations of his joy To-morrow, he said, with a forefinger of reminder uplifted To-morrow, " she repeated with a smile of truth and candour In an hour and forty minutes Hartley stepped off the train at Floralhurst. A brisk walk of ten minutes brought him to the gate of a handsome two-story cottage set upon a wide and well-tended lawn. Halfway to the house he was met by a woman with jet-black braided hair and flowing hite summer gown, who half strangled him without apparent cause When they stepped into the hall she said: Mammas here. The auto is coming for her in half an hour. She came to dinner. but there's no dinner I've something to tell you,"said Hartley. "I thought to break it to you gently, but since your mother is here we may as well out with it He stooped and whispered something at her ear His wife screamed. Her mother came running into the hall. The dark-haired woman screamed gain-the joyful scream of a well-beloved and petted woman Oh, mamma! "she cried ecstatically, what do you Vivienne is coming to cook for us She is the one that stayed with the Montgomerys a year. And now, Billy, dear, "she concluded, "you must go right down into the kitchen and discharge Heloise. She has been drunk again the whole day long 2 clinched his teeth:咬紧牙关。 2 jet-black:深黑色的。Hartley cringed as if from an unexpected blow. He folded his arms and paced the carpet once or twice. "She shall go," he declared grimly. Drops stood upon his brow. "Why should I let that woman make my life miserable? Never have I seen one day of freedom from trouble since I have known her. You are right, Vivienne. Héloise must be sent away before I can take you home. But she shall go. I have decided. I will turn her from my doors." "When will you do this?" asked the girl. Hartley clinched his teeth21 and bent his brows together. "To-night," he said, resolutely. "I will send her away to-night." "Then," said Vivienne, "my answer is 'yes.' Come for me when you will." She looked into his eyes with a sweet, sincere light in her own. Hartley could scarcely believe that her surrender was true, it was so swift and complete. "Promise me," he said feelingly, "on your word and honour." "On my word and honour," repeated Vivienne, softly. At the door he turned and gazed at her happily, but yet as one who scarcely trusts the foundations of his joy. "To-morrow," he said, with a forefinger of reminder uplifted. "To-morrow," she repeated with a smile of truth and candour. In an hour and forty minutes Hartley stepped off the train at Floralhurst. A brisk walk of ten minutes brought him to the gate of a handsome two-story cottage set upon a wide and well-tended lawn. Halfway to the house he was met by a woman with jet-black22 braided hair and flowing white summer gown, who half strangled him without apparent cause. When they stepped into the hall she said: "Mamma's here. The auto is coming for her in half an hour. She came to dinner, but there's no dinner." "I've something to tell you," said Hartley. "I thought to break it to you gently, but since your mother is here we may as well out with it." He stooped and whispered something at her ear. His wife screamed. Her mother came running into the hall. The dark-haired woman screamed again- the joyful scream of a well-beloved and petted woman. "Oh, mamma!" she cried ecstatically, "what do you think? Vivienne is coming to cook for us! She is the one that stayed with the Montgomerys a whole year. And now, Billy, dear," she concluded, "you must go right down into the kitchen and discharge Héloise. She has been drunk again the whole day long." 21 clinched his teeth: 咬紧牙关。 22 jet-black: 深黑色的