The vestry was perhaps the only room in the place, except her allotted curtained off portion of the dormitory chamber that served for her cell—and she could not scandalise the nuns by having a man in there, be he never so much a servant—where Melusine could be sure of privacy. Here was a poor half-naked creature, with a straw crown on his head, and a wooden sceptre in his hand, seated on the ground with all the dignity of a monarch on his throne. "Who knows but this key may open a golden lock one of these days?" And, picking it up, he thrust it into his pocket. For the present, he murmured his farewells, and turning, caught Hilary’s eye and walked away, crossing the ballroom to move into the less opulent, and less crowded, saloon next door where servants were dispensing refreshments. ” “Then why are you sorry that I am going to the ‘Unusual’? I do not understand. ” “I am highly flattered,” she remarked, with subtle irony. “In private. Why on earth couldn’t he leave her to grow in her own way? Her pride rose at the bare thought of return. “They are full of the usual foolish stories. There was no marriage, and I hated, oh, how I hated the man. Then she called a hansom and drove home. He patted the hand on his sleeve. Simply. She was glad when he went on: “I want to be your city of refuge from every sort of bother.
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