Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . ed abad man, and you may tell him I saidso. Take my advice ; now, while he is VOL. II. 23 34 RALPH RYDER OF BRENT lying ill, and cant come after you, goaway back to your friends. You will bequite safe from him, for, when he oncesuspects that you know who he is, hewont dare to follow you. And dontattempt to come face to face with LadyEllen. Although she hates her husband,she is not at all likely to love you. Andto tell you the truth, child, went onMrs. Calverley, with a sudden impulseof expansion, I shant be able to resttill you are gone. For, knowing what apair
Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . ed abad man, and you may tell him I saidso. Take my advice ; now, while he is VOL. II. 23 34 RALPH RYDER OF BRENT lying ill, and cant come after you, goaway back to your friends. You will bequite safe from him, for, when he oncesuspects that you know who he is, hewont dare to follow you. And dontattempt to come face to face with LadyEllen. Although she hates her husband,she is not at all likely to love you. Andto tell you the truth, child, went onMrs. Calverley, with a sudden impulseof expansion, I shant be able to resttill you are gone. For, knowing what apair of demons Dan and his wife are, Ican do nothing but haunt this place,waiting for another tragedy, ever since Iheard that he had had the assurance tocome back. * Another tragedy ! echoed Nanny ina horror-struck whisper. But Mrs. Calverley, already afraid RALPH RYDER OF BRENT o^ that her confidence had gone too far,merely wished her * Good-night withher former frigidity, and hurried abruptlya way in the direction of her own
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