There was a concerted gasp of shock from both the black-garbed lad and the coachman. Oh, yes; of Ruth herself he knew much; but the more he mulled over what he knew, the deeper grew his chagrin. As soon as dinner was over she went into the kitchen and devoted herself to compiling a tray—not a tray merely of halfcooled dinner things, but a specially prepared “nice” tray, suitable for tempting any one. Fate has two methods of procedure—the sudden and the long-drawn-out. Until the last moment she was afraid. ‘Let it fall!’ ‘Brute!’ she spat, struggling, and he knew at once he had guessed aright. ’ ‘Between the devil and the deep blue sea, he were,’ agreed Pottiswick’s daughter. “There is no doubt whatever about that. She could see over a waist high stone wall into the miniature courtyard, complete with benches only a small child could sit upon, one which had been broken in half, its two pieces left unjoined on the sandy ground. ‘What?’ Roding snapped, coming quickly to tower above the window seat. ‘Why did you bring him? I hate him. Not far from him was a knot of lads drinking, swearing, and playing at dice as eagerly and as skilfully as any of the older hands. I won’t even ask. And she was about as capable of intelligent argument as a runaway steam-roller.
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