Then came a shock.
He was crossing the stone bridge that leads up to the town when he saw the Governor's blue landau coming down in the direction of the railway station. It was open. Fenella was sitting in it.
Stowell was certain she saw him. But she only coloured up to the eyes and dropped her head. At the next instant her carriage had crossed in front of him and swept into the station-yard.
Something surged in his throat; something blinded his eyes. But after a moment he threw up his head and walked firmly forward.
"Wait! Only wait! We'll see!"
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
THE HEART OF A WOMAN
Meanwhile Fenella had been going through her own temptation. On the night after the trial, having bathed her swollen eyes, she went down to dinner. Her father looked searchingly at her for a moment, and, as soon as they were alone, he said,
"Was it Stowell I saw driving towards the mountain road as I came up?"
"Perhaps it was," said Fenella.