"Why are you so sad, Radford?" asked Olive; "is anything worrying you?"
"Yes, no—I don't know."
She looked at him keenly.
"Something is troubling you," she said. "Won't you tell me?"
"Olive," he said, "to-morrow is our wedding-day. I—I want to ask you something. I want you to promise me something."
She looked at him wonderingly, and then waited for him to continue.
CHAPTER IX
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
"Olive," he said presently, "you've heard strange things about me?"