'Yes,' he replied, with a fierce grimace.
'You did me an infamous and awful injury, Hew, as your own confession has shown; but,' added Cecil, in the generosity of his nature and under the impulses of the time, 'I forgive it all now.'
'Thank you—how good!' sneered the other.
'Let us forget our feud—your feud, rather; but never let me look upon your face again.'
'Only children and fools, they say, forget.'
'And what have you to remember, pray?'
'All that you have come between, and me.'
'I have only come to my own.'
'Curse you!' exclaimed Hew, hoarsely and bitterly.
'You are a rancorous fellow—begone instantly!' replied Cecil, as he closed the window; and, feeling somewhat exhausted by the emotions this most unexpected interview stirred within him, he threw himself upon a sofa to await the return of Fotheringhame with those who were to accompany him, and after a time he forgot all about Hew and his close vicinity.