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Her
eyes
especially
;
--
they
are
as
scared
and
wild
as
if
she
had
seen
the
devil
.
Quite
an
awful
expression
I
assure
you
!
--
and
it
never
alters
.
The
doctors
can
do
nothing
--
and
of
course
it
's
very
trying
for
Sibyl
,
and
everybody
.
"
I
assented
sympathetically
;
and
realising
that
a
house
holding
such
a
figure
of
living
death
within
it
must
of
necessity
be
more
or
less
gloomy
and
depressing
to
a
young
and
vigorous
nature
,
I
lost
no
opportunity
of
giving
Lady
Sibyl
whatever
slight
pleasures
were
in
my
power
to
procure
,
for
her
distraction
and
entertainment
.
Costly
flowers
,
boxes
for
the
opera
and
'
first
nights
'
at
the
play
--
every
sort
of
attention
that
a
man
can
pay
to
a
woman
without
being
considered
officious
or
intrusive
I
offered
,
and
was
not
repulsed
.
Everything
progressed
well
and
favourably
towards
the
easy
attainment
of
my
wishes
--
I
had
no
difficulties
,
no
troubles
of
any
kind
--
and
I
voluntarily
led
a
life
of
selfishly
absorbed
personal
gratification
,
being
commended
and
encouraged
therein
by
a
whole
host
of
flatterers
and
interested
acquaintances
.
Willowsmere
Court
was
mine
,
and
every
newspaper
in
the
kingdom
had
commented
on
the
purchase
,
in
either
servile
or
spiteful
paragraphs
.
My
lawyers
had
warmly
congratulated
me
on
the
possession
of
so
admirable
a
property
which
they
,
in
strict
accordance
with
what
they
conceived
to
be
their
duty
,
had
personally
inspected
and
approved
.
The
place
was
now
in
the
hands
of
a
firm
of
decorators
and
furnishers
,
recommended
by
Rimânez
,
and
it
was
expected
to
be
in
perfect
order
for
my
habitation
in
early
summer
,
at
which
time
I
purposed
entertaining
a
large
house-party
of
more
or
less
distinguished
people
.
Meantime
,
what
I
had
once
considered
would
be
the
great
event
of
my
life
,
took
place
--
namely
the
publication
of
my
book
.
Trumpeted
forth
by
the
most
heraldic
advertisements
,
it
was
at
last
launched
on
the
uncertain
and
fluctuating
tide
of
public
favour
,
and
special
'
advance
'
copies
were
sent
to
the
office
of
every
magazine
and
journal
in
London
.
The
day
after
this
was
done
,
Lucio
,
as
I
now
familiarly
called
him
,
came
in
to
my
room
with
a
mysterious
and
mischievous
air
.
"
Geoffrey
,
"
he
said
--
"
I
'm
going
to
lend
you
five
hundred
pounds
!
"
I
looked
up
with
a
smile
.
"
What
for
?
"
He
held
out
a
cheque
towards
me
.
Glancing
at
it
I
saw
that
the
sum
he
mentioned
was
filled
in
and
endorsed
with
his
signature
,
but
that
the
name
of
the
person
to
whom
the
money
was
to
be
made
payable
,
had
not
yet
been
written
.
"
Well
?
What
does
it
mean
?
"
"
It
means
"
--
replied
he
--
"
that
I
am
going
to
see
Mr
McWhing
this
morning
.
I
have
an
appointment
with
him
at
twelve
.
You
,
as
Geoffrey
Tempest
,
the
author
of
the
book
Mr
McWhing
is
going
to
criticise
and
make
a
'
boom
'
of
,
could
not
possibly
put
your
name
to
such
a
cheque
.
It
would
not
be
'
good
form
'
--
it
might
crop
up
afterwards
and
so
betray
'
the
secrets
of
the
prison-house
.
'
But
for
me
it
is
another
affair
.
