CHAPTER XXX. “AND LO! WITHIN HER, SOMETHING LEAPT!”
Santley and Edith walked along for some time without a word. At last, after looking round nervously to see that they were not observed or followed, the clergyman broke the silence.—:
“It is horrible! It is insufferable!” he cried. “I shall be ruined by your indiscretion.”
She looked at him in amazement. It was too dark to see his face, but his whole frame, as well as his voice, trembled with anger.
“My indiscretion!” she echoed.
“Yes.”
“But I have done nothing.”
“I found you talking to that creature, and it is evident that she knows our secret. I shall be ruined through you. What have you told her?”
“Nothing. I met her by accident, and she spoke to me; that is all.”