Then at last came the victory of Waterloo and the war was really over but still Periquine did not return.
Now he was back and she tried not to feel too glad that he could not marry Hetty as he wished to do. If ever that happened she was well aware she would be excluded from his life.
She wanted his happiness, she wanted it even more than she wanted her own, and yet she knew to live without being able to see and be with Periquine would be like shutting out the sun.
She was so intent on her thoughts that she did not hear the door open and jumped when a voice, lofty and authoritative, said,
“I understand Miss Baldwyn is here.”
Fenella looked up and saw standing in the doorway a very impressive gentleman who she instantly concluded must be Sir Nicolas Waringham.
He was extremely smartly
