"Pollard from the station, sir, with Mr. Nigel's luggage."
"Mr. Nigel come!" cried Daisy, springing up. "No, Miss."
"Not come!" echoed other voices.
"No, ma'am. Pollard saw Mr. Nigel at the station, and expected him to be here first. But Mr. Nigel has not arrived."
"Strange," Mr. Browning said.
"Buying himself a new necktie by the way," suggested Fulvia, and Daisy's laugh sounded.
But Mrs. Browning and Anice exchanged looks, their faces falling.
[CHAPTER III]
ETHEL
"There is none like her, none."—TENNYSON.