“Mr Selwood!”
“Mr Selwood!”
The two women appealed to him in a breath, but he did not look at them, merely fixed Richard with his eyes, as he said quietly:
“Then you must be saved against your will.”
The next minute he was gone.
Volume Two—Chapter Sixteen.
Saved in Spite of Himself.
The street was getting pretty full of people as the vicar walked sharply back towards his house, but they were all remarkably quiet. Sim Slee was there, but he turned off down a side lane, and there was this ugly appearance in their mien, that those who generally had a nod and smile for him refused now to meet the vicar’s eye.