CHAPTER XXVI.

She turned and inclined her head haughtily, and waited, as if for him to speak, but Jasper remained silent. She had sent for him; he was here! At last she spoke. "You received my note, Mr. Adelstone?" "I am here," he said, with a slight smile. She bit her lip, her pride revolting at his presence, at his very tone. "I sent for you," she said, after a pause, and in the coldest tone, "because I have some information which I thought would interest you." "Your ladyship is very good," he said. "And because," she went on,…