She was alone, and she paused irresolutely, as she saw him.
CHAPTER VI.
THE EVENING BEFORE.
Lawrence rose, and threw away his cigar.
"Where's Carolyn?" she asked, quickly.
"Called into the house. Where's Lord Maxwell?"
"Gone back to Seaview. It seems as if we ought to console each other, doesn't it?"
"Yes. But I won't even try to make Maxwell's place good."
"Thank fortune you can't!"
"Is that the way you speak of absent friends?"