nationand with it endedin a certain sensea chapter of his
life.
One Saturday afternoon he climbed the garden walland skirting
behind a long row of rosebushes that screened him from the Countess's
terracecame to a little summer-house where the two young ladies had
appointed to meet him that day.
A pleasant half-hour or so was passedand then it was time for Myles
to go. He lingered for a while before he took his final leaveleaning
against the door-postand laughingly telling how he and some of his
brother squires had made a figure of straw dressed in men's clothesand
had played a trick with it one night upon a watchman against whom they
bore a grudge.
The young ladies were listening with laughing faceswhen suddenly
as Myles lookedhe saw the smile vanish from Lady Alice's eyes and a
wide terror take its place. She gave a half-articulate cryand rose abruptly
from the bench upon which she was sitting.
Myles turned sharplyand then his very heart seemed to stand still
within him; for therestanding in the broad sunlight withoutand glaring
in upon the party with baleful eyeswas the Earl of Mackworth himself.
How long was the breathless silence that followedMyles could never
tell. He knew that the Lady Anne had also risenand
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