CHAPTER XVII.

BESIDE THE SEA The week-end visit of Edris lengthened into more than a week. Daily they walked together by the wintry sea, Bundle being carefully led by Darville. Both were blissfully happy, though Edris had made no response to the question he put on that night when he declared his love. Time after time he urged her to give him his answer, but she remained silent and undecided. Sometimes he believed that she loved him, but feared what people might say if she married a man of his age. He was not wealthy--far from it…