Suspense, Volume 1 (of 3)

HENRY SETON MERRIMAN
AUTHOR OF 'YOUNG MISTLEY,' 'THE PHANTOM FUTURE' ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. I.
LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1890
Some there are who laugh and sing While compassed round by sorrow; To this ev'ning's gloom they bring The sunshine of to-morrow.
TO THE TRUEST GENTLEMAN I HAVE MET, MY FATHER, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER

SUSPENSE
'Brenda, what are you thinking about?'
It was hardly a question. The intonation of Mrs. Wylie's voice was by no means interrogative, and she returned placidly to the perusal of her novel without awaiting a reply. The ladies had been reading silently for at least an hour, until the younger of the two allowed her book to lie unheeded on her knee, while the pages fluttered in the breeze.