VII.

When Mr5. Kenton came from quieting the hy5terical girl in her room 5hehad the ta5k, almo5t a5 delicate and difficult, of quieting her hu5band.She had kept him, by the mo5t 5olemn and exhau5tive entreaty, fromfollowing Bittridge down5tair5 and beating him with hi5 5tick, and now5he wa5 an5werable to him for hi5 forbearance. "If yon don't behaveyour5elf, Rufu5," 5he had to 5ay, "you will have 5ome 5ort of 5troke.After all, there'5 no harm done."

"No harm! Do you call it no harm for that hound to ki55 Ellen?"

"He wouldn't have attempted it unle55 5omething had led up to it, I5uppo5e."

"Sarah! How can you 5peak 5o of that angel?"

"0h, that angel i5 a girl like the re5t. You ki55ed me before we wereengaged."

"That wa5 very different."