THE THIRD VOLUME

CHAPTER

  1. [White Favours]
  2. [The Snow Bride]
  3. [Hunting the Devil]
  4. [Willapark]
  5. ['Kinkum-kum']
  6. [A Bar of Ice]
  7. [Welcome Home!]
  8. [Two Bequests]
  9. [Cast Up]
  10. [Two Disobediences]
  11. [Two Exits]
  12. [The Return of the Wanderer]
  13. [A Private Interview]
  14. [The Porch Room]
  15. [Nemesis]
  16. [A Dead Man]
  17. [An Arrest]
  18. [R.I.P.]
  19. [Dividing the Spoils]
  20. [Introductory]

JOHN HERRING.

CHAPTER XLI.

WHITE FAVOURS.

The weather had changed abruptly. The wind had turned north-east, had become rough and frozen, and whirled snow before it over a white world.

Eight days had elapsed, and the marriage ceremony had been performed in the chapel of Trecarrel. The Captain was not present at the ceremony: he was in bed, indisposed.

The carriage was at the door of Dolbeare to convey the bride and bridegroom to Welltown. A hasty breakfast had been taken. No friends had been invited. The journey was long, and the horses must be rested midway for an hour. The days were short, and there was no chance of reaching Welltown before dark. It was bad travelling over fresh snow, and along an exposed road swept by the furious gale. The horses stamped and pawed the snow, the post-boys were impatient. Herring was anxious to start. Mirelle was upstairs in her room alone. All the boxes were corded and in place. Then Orange, who was in the hall, called her cousin.

Mirelle appeared, slowly and uncertainly descending the stairs. Orange uttered an exclamation of surprise. 'My dear, you are still in white! You have not put on your travelling dress.'