CHAPTER XI.
FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE.
Ulick walked out of the station yard and along the High Street. He saw Janet coming down on the opposite side of the road, and wondered whether it would be best to stop her or to watch where she went. He would, no doubt, surprise her if he spoke to her in the street, and perhaps the suddenness of his appearance might cause a scene. He decided it would be the better plan to allow her to pass, and then follow her. He went into a shop, made a trifling purchase, and saw her pass by.
When he went out she was turning round by the church, and he followed some distance away. He saw her enter a house, where she probably lived, but he waited some time in case she came out again. When she did not he went up to the door and rang the bell.
As he heard it ring he wondered who to ask for. She would not be living there under her own name, at all events it was unlikely.
Fortune favoured him, for Mrs. Hoffman was out and Janet was alone in the house.
She opened the door and stood face to face with Ulick.
The shock was great; she felt faint and giddy, and caught hold of the door, but, recovering herself, gasped out—