He leaned back and his eyes closed. He was satisfied that at last he had done the right thing at the right time. The fatal faculty of making muddle and mischief followed him to the end.
Herring turned to Cicely and released his hand. She was trembling.
'You, Cicely, insisted that we were cousins. You have heard your father: he has made the relationship closer. We are henceforth brother and sister.'
She looked up, then her eyes fell, and the colour rose and sank in her face.
'Yes,' she said faintly; 'I understand perfectly, brother John.'
CHAPTER XLIX.
CAST UP.
'It be good for the soul to see men die,' said Genefer, entering Mirelle's room. 'Come along of me, mistress.'
'What is it, Genefer? Do not frighten me.'
'In the midst of life we are in death. It teaches us how frail and uncertain our life be. Come and see 'em die afore your naked eyes.'