“You are a brave fellow, Harry!” cried Rose, taking his hand, and gazing at him proudly and affectionately.
“And a lucky fellow as well!” he replied. “If this stupid scoundrel had not thrown himself in my way, I should not have caught him so quickly!”
IX. CAPTAIN DANVERS ARRIVES IN BELGRAVE SQUARE.
Two days after the incident just related, the party at Lady Thicknesse's house in Belgrave Square was increased by the arrival of her nephew, Captain Danvers, whom she had invited to spend a week with her.
By this time, Mildred's resentment had, in some degree, abated, though she still treated him with coldness. But the captain looked so unhappy, that her heart was touched with compassion, and she soon showed a disposition to relent.
One morning on coming down to breakfast, he found her and Emmeline in the dining-room, and the latter perceiving she was rather in the way good-naturedly left them together.
The captain immediately took advantage of the opportunity.
“Mildred,” he said, in his softest tone, “will you allow me to offer an explanation?”