On the other
hand I am quite sure that you are promised to aid him, and that you
feel duty bound to do so to the end, according to his not very wise
instructions."
He arose and stood looking down at her kindly.
"My advice to you," he went on--"and I speak with a fair knowledge of
the facts--is that you do nothing more. Be content with what you have
attempted; allow me to act for you in anything further which you have
in mind. Or, if you cannot give me your confidence, let me carry the
thing on in my own way, as you proposed at the first."
There was a pause of some length; then the girl spoke.
"I am just a trifle bewildered at all this," she said; "and I really
cannot say, Mr. Ashton-Kirk, that I altogether follow you."
He smiled, but the disapproving wrinkle still showed between his eyes.
"I see that you are still determined to hold to your attitude," he
said. "I am sorry, of course, but then one is called upon at times to
do as one thinks best, and I suppose that is what you are doing." He
turned toward the door, and she arose and touched the bell. "Good-by."
"Good-by," she returned.
He stood for a moment in the doorway regarding her with mingled
annoyance and admiration. As he caught the steps of the approaching
servant in the hall, he said:
"Possibly I can save you some little trouble.
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