CHAPTER V.

A quarter of an hour later Mr. Armstrong re-enters the room, and stands with still impenetrable face before his guest. "You--you have given me good measure," she says, rather hysterically. "I have been trying to think, to understand it all thoroughly." "Yes?" "It is very kind, very thoughtful of you to make such a suggestion, to--to offer to give me back what I--I value so dearly and believed forever out of my reach; and, you--you understand, I would not have spoken as freely as I did--" "I understand perfectly. Do…