But, for what I said when my temper ran
away with me, I ask you to accept my excuses, and the sincere
expression of my regret."
"Your excuses are accepted, my lord, as sincerely as you have offered
them," Mountjoy answered. "So far as I am concerned, the incident is
forgotten from this moment."
Lord Harry expressed his courteous acknowledgments. "Spoken as becomes
a gentleman," he said. "I thank you."
There it ended. They saluted each other; they wished each other
good-night. "A mere formality!" Hugh thought, when they had parted.
He had wronged the Irish lord in arriving at that conclusion. But time
was to pass before events helped him to discover his error.
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE DECREE OF FATE
ON his arrival in London, Mountjoy went to the Nurses' Institute to
inquire for Mrs. Vimpany.
She was again absent, in attendance on another patient. The address of
the house (known only to the matron) was, on this occasion, not to be
communicated to any friend who might make inquiries. A bad case of
scarlet fever had been placed under the nurse's care, and the danger of
contagion was too serious to be trifled with.
The events which had led to Mrs. Vimpany's present employment had not
occurred in the customary course.
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