“ ‘lt is most unfortunate,’ he said
‘ I must immediately send back the vnl
uablo book which Mr. Winterfleld has
’ lent to me. And that is not the worst
’ of it. There are other volumes in his
i library which I have the greatest inter
-1 est in consulting—and it is impossible
for me to borrow them now. At this
time, too, when I have lost Penrose, I
. had hoped to find in Wintortteld an
• other friend, who sympathized with my
pursuits. There is something so choor
} ing and attractive in his manner, and he
i t lias just tho boldness and novelty of
- ' view in his opinions that appeal to a
I | man like me. It was a pleasant future
. to look forward to, aud it must be sacri
i ficed—and to what ? To a woman’s ca
price.’
. “From our point of view this was a
frame of mind to bo encouraged. I tried
the experiment of modestly taking tho
i blame on myself. I suggested that I
might be (quite innocently) to blame
A.N INDEPENDENT PAPER. *
, for Romayne’s disappointment.
. "Ho looked at me, thoroughly puz
■ zled. I repeated what I had said to
■ Winterfleld: ‘Did you mention to Mrs.
Romayne that I was the means of intro
ducing you—”
“Ho was too impatient to lot me fin
ish tho sentence.
