If she could not bring herself to take the one, then she would not keep the other. She must seek for peace in loneliness. Evidently that was her destiny. She gave herself to it with mocking eyes and despair in her heart.
PART FIVE
CHAPTER I
Three days later, soon after four o’clock, Craven rang the bell at Lady Sellingworth’s door. As he stood for a moment waiting for it to be answered he wondered whether she would be at home to him, how she would greet him if she chose to see him. The door was opened by a footman.
“Is her ladyship at home?”
“Her ladyship has gone out of town, sir.”
“When will she be back?”
“I couldn’t say, sir. Her ladyship has gone abroad.”