I came down in ten minutes, clad in a long, dark cloak, with a small hat and a thick veil. I took a stick from the rack, and there was something else in my deep pocket.
"Alone!" he whispered, as I moved towards the door.
"Alone!" I answered. "Make a good fire in the drawing-room, and let there be food and wine there."
"For two?" he asked with an evil smile.
"For two!"
CHAPTER XXX
"ADREA'S DIARY"
"A land that is lonelier than a ruin."
A cold twilight followed close upon the day. The sky was strewn with dark clouds, and a wild wind blew in my face. I was on an unknown road, and in all my life I had seen nothing so dreary.