"I tried to tell a lie—I did indeed—but somehow it stuck in my throat. Under those two mind-searching eyes I had to say that you had driven away with Mr. Sutherland York."

"I tried to tell a lie—I did indeed—but somehow it stuck in my throat. Under those two mind-searching eyes I 

 to say that you had driven away with Mr. Sutherland York."

"Well, this is interesting!"

"Well, this is interesting!"

"'Ah!' she said.  'Indeed! And how often has Miss Vanderdyke stained herself with the paint of that mountebank?'  'I really do not know,' I replied. 'Thank you,' she said.  'That will do,' and went, or rather floated out of your bedroom and along the passage. I watched her from the gallery as she went down-stairs and through the door and away. A wonderful woman! If only Queen Elizabeth had been a lady she might have looked like her. I honestly confess, my dear——"

"'Ah!' she said.  'Indeed! And how often has Miss Vanderdyke stained herself with the paint of that mountebank?'  'I really do not know,' I replied. 'Thank you,' she said.  'That will do,' and went, or rather floated out of your bedroom and along the passage. I watched her from the gallery as she went down-stairs and through the door and away. A wonderful woman! If only Queen Elizabeth had been a lady she might have looked like her. I honestly confess, my dear——"

Beatrix held up one pink-nailed finger.  "Brownie," she said, "I feel in my bones that there is going to be a row in the family. I've been seen going into York's studio, Aunt Honoria has been informed! She heard that I had come to town,—came to spy——"

Beatrix held up one pink-nailed finger.  "Brownie," she said, "I feel in my bones that there is going to be a row in the family. I've been seen going into York's studio, Aunt Honoria has been informed! She heard that I had come to town,—came to spy——"

"Oh, not spy, dear. She could never spy!"

"Oh, not spy, dear. She could never spy!"

"No, that's true. Inquire first hand, then,—and has now gone home to——"

"No, that's true. Inquire first hand, then,—and has now gone home to——"

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