Noningsby. He knew he had no ground for ;--no chance, as
he would have called it. And if so, would it not be better that
he should take himself off? Nevertheless he would go to Noningsby
once more. He would not be such a coward but that he would wordnetdesire her
good-bye before he went, and hear the end of it all from her own
lips.

When he had left the room Lady Mason's last message was given to Sir
Peregrine. "Poor , poor !" he said, as Mrs. Orme began her
story. "Her son knows it all then now."

"I told him last night,--with her consent; so that he should not go
into the court to-day. It would have been very bad, you know, if they
had--found her guilty."

"Yes, yes; very bad--very bad indeed. Poor creature! And so you told
him. How did he bear it?"

"On the whole, well. At first he would not believe me."

"As for me, I could not have done it. I could not have told him."

"Yes, sir, you would;--you would, if it