Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . ey bystratagem. Nanny, however, was wilyenough to guess her intention, and wasoutside the door in an instant. * Good-bye, mamma; Im sorry Icant wait now, she cried, as she flewdown the stairs. Her husband was standing at thebottom. He held out his hands, andshe took them and jumped to the groundlike a child. Thats right, child. Why, what isthe matter with you ? You seem all onfire. Its—hurry, panted Nanny, as shedragged him along and out by the front-door, madly eager to be out of range ofher mother-in-laws wiles. Her heart beat high with the old
Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . ey bystratagem. Nanny, however, was wilyenough to guess her intention, and wasoutside the door in an instant. * Good-bye, mamma; Im sorry Icant wait now, she cried, as she flewdown the stairs. Her husband was standing at thebottom. He held out his hands, andshe took them and jumped to the groundlike a child. Thats right, child. Why, what isthe matter with you ? You seem all onfire. Its—hurry, panted Nanny, as shedragged him along and out by the front-door, madly eager to be out of range ofher mother-in-laws wiles. Her heart beat high with the old lady were right, and if there 134 RALPH RYDER OF BRENT should be some tragically interestingencounter in store for them, was it notbetter than this eternal suspense, thisfrightful uncertainty whether she waslegally Dans wife or not ? Yet, when once she found herself inthe train, with her husbands loving faceopposite to her, a panic of terror seizedher lest this might be the last hour inwhich she might hold him truly as
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