He crossed the road and walked by her side.
“Your question of this morning is answered,” he said.
“Thank you, Syl,” she replied.
“Perhaps I shall be able to keep Woodlands, after all.”
“I was praying for it,” she said significantly.
Two days afterwards Ella left for the south of France with Lady Milmo, and Sylvester returned to town to prepare his gloomy house for Dorothy's reception.