2. MARCH THE TWENTIETH. SIX TO NINE
O'CLOCK P.M.Two evenings later, to the total disarrangement of his
dinner-hour, Mr. Raunham appeared at Owen's door. His arrival was
hailed with genuine gratitude. The horse was tied to the palings,
and the rector ushered indoors and put into the easy-chair.
Then Graye told him the whole story, reminding him that their
first suspicions had been of a totally different nature, and that
in endeavouring to obtain proof of their truth they had stumbled
upon marks which had surprised them into these new uncertainties,
thrice as marvellous as the first, yet more prominent.
Cytherea's heart was so full of anxiety that it superinduced a
manner of confidence which was a death-blow to all formality. Mr.
Raunham took her hand pityingly.
'It is a serious
