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DR. FOLLETT’S SECRET Not many years ago in the neighbourhood of Andover stood a lonely house, which went by the name of the Grange. It was enclosed in walled-in gardens, and people who passed by on t…
HIS WILLING BRIDE. Rowton left the house, clinking his spurs as he did so; Nancy listened to the sound he made with a beating heart. “Suppose father hears,” she thought; but then she remembered that …
THE PACKET ON THE UPPER SHELF. As Nancy seated herself on the edge of the bed, her face grew startlingly livid. “You cannot surely mean what you are saying, father,” she replied. “I mean,” said Dr. F…
AT THE BUNGALOW. Meanwhile Adrian Rowton had gone quickly back to the Bungalow. It was a truly bare and comfortless place. He kept only one servant, the rough-looking man who has been already describ…
A WILD WOOER. Instead of replying indignantly to her excited words, Rowton gave Nancy a long, attentive and very searching glance. “When did your father die?” he asked at last. “Towards morning. He h…
LONG JOHN. When an hour later Rowton returned to the Bungalow, Samson met him in the porch. “Scrivener has come,” he said. “Scrivener! I did not expect him to-day,” said Rowton, a frown gathering bet…
THE WEDDING NIGHT. Adrian Rowton kept his word to the letter. His iron will seemed to bend all things to his wishes. Nancy Follett forgot her father’s dying injunctions. Long John in his lair in Lond…
AT THE OPERA HOUSE. The next day, true to his word, Rowton took Nancy to the shops. They went to the Bon Marché, and to many other places where finery the most fascinating, dresses [61] the most biz…
THE ROSE-COLOURED BEDROOM AND THE NEW MAID. The honeymoon was over; the four weeks all of pure gold had come slowly but surely to an end. Nancy had forgotten much during this time. The look of troubl…
THE BOY ON THE HEARTH. When Nance entered her drawing-room Rowton was waiting to receive her. He was standing by the hearth. A great fire burned in the grate. Nance, as she entered at the extreme fur…
