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Books: The Mystery of the Four Fingers

F >> Fred M. White >> The Mystery of the Four Fingers




"Then you are not annoyed with us?" Vera asked. "You are not displeased
at the way we have taken possession of your house? I am afraid that
indirectly we have been the cause of a great scandal."

"Oh, don't worry yourself about that," Lord Merton, said breezily. "There
have been far worse scandals than this in great houses before now; and,
at any rate, it does not touch us. I am afraid you have been rather
inconvenienced here, and that the Grange has not upheld its reputation
for hospitality. Still, I hope it will be all right to-morrow, and I
sincerely trust that you can see your way to stay here for some little
time to come. I am going to ask my sister, Lady Glynn, to come down and
act the part of hostess. Somebody will have to introduce Beth to the
county as my future daughter-in-law."

"You are pleased with the arrangement?" Vera asked, demurely.

"Indeed, I am," Lord Merton cried. "You do not know what an eccentric lot
we are. I should not have been at all surprised if Charles had come home
with some curiosity in the way of a bride, and I am only too profoundly
grateful to find that he has made so sweet a choice. But, tell me, you
will stay here some little time--"

"I am afraid not," Venner, said regretfully. "If you will allow us to
come back a little later on, I am sure that my wife and myself will be
very pleased. I have no doubt that Evors will be impatient to claim his
bride, but I hope he will wait for a month or two at least. You see, I
have a bride of my own, though, in a way, we are old married people. I
don't know whether Charles told you anything of our story, but if you
would like to hear it--"

Lord Merton intimated that he had already done so. He expressed a hope
that Venner and his wife would return again a little later on; then,
making some excuse, he returned to the house, leaving Venner and Vera
together. For some little time they wandered across the park very
silently, for the hearts of both were full, and this was one of those
moments when words are not necessary to convey thought from one mind to
another. Presently Evors and Beth appeared in the distance and joined
the others.

"Well," Venner said with a smile, "it is some time since I saw two people
look more ridiculously happy than you two. But I am sincerely glad to
find that the ogre is only one in name. My dear Charles, your father is
quite a delightful person. I quite understood from what you told me that
we had a lot of trouble in store for us. On the contrary, he seems to be
as pleased with the course of events as we are."

"He seems to have altered so much lately," Evors said. "At any rate, he
has been particularly good to me, and I am not likely to forget it.
Behold in me a reformed character, ready to settle down to a country life
with Beth by my side--"

"Not quite, yet," Venner said, hastily. "You will have to curb your
impatience for a bit; you must not forget how Vera has suffered for the
sake of you both, and how patiently I waited for my happiness. You must
promise us that the marriage will not take place under two months, or I
give you a solemn warning that we shall not be there. Our own
honeymoon--"

"Of course Charles will promise," Beth said, indignantly. "Oh, I could
never dream of being married unless Vera were present. And, after all,
what are two months when you have a whole lifetime before you? I am sure
that Charles agrees with me."

"I don't, indeed," Evors said, candidly. "Still, I am not going to be
disagreeable, and Beth knows that she has only to look at me with those
imploring eyes of hers to get absolutely her own way."

They left it at that, and gradually drifted apart again. When Vera and
her husband returned to the Grange, the setting sun shone fully in their
faces, flinging their shadows far behind. Venner paused just for a
moment under the sombre shadow of a clump of beeches, and drew his wife
to his side.

"One moment," he said. "We have not yet decided where we are going. I
have everything in readiness in London, and I suppose that you are not
lacking in the matter of wardrobe. Don't tell me, while having
everything that woman can want in the way of dress, that you have
nothing to wear."

"I won't," Vera said, softly. "My dear boy, cannot you see how glad I
shall be to be alone with you at last? Everything is going well here, and
Beth is entirely happy. You have been very good and patient, and I will
keep you waiting no longer. If you so will it, and I think you do, let it
be tomorrow."

Venner stooped and kissed the trembling lips held up to his. Then very
silently, their hearts too full for further speech, they turned towards
the house.