It is as if his
spirit were standing between us and our happiness. Tell me I am foolish,
please."
"You are more than foolish," said Nigel obediently, and laughed
carelessly to show her how he treated the thing. But in his heart he knew
her feelings, knew them and fully understood. It was exactly as he had
felt about it also. The bond that bound Dacre Wynne's life to his had not
yet been snapped, the mystery of his disappearance seemed only to
strengthen it. He wondered dully when he would ever feel free again, and
then laughed inwardly at himself for making a farce of the whole thing,
for building a mountain out of a stupid little molehill. And 'Toinette
was helping him. They were both unutterably foolish. Anyhow, Cleek was
coming soon to clear matters up. He wished with all his heart that he
might tell 'Toinette, and thus relieve the tension of her mind, but he
had given his word to Cleek, and with a man of his type his word was
sacred.
So he kissed her good-bye and laughed, and went back to Merriton Towers
to prepare for their coming.
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