in ting  slip from me and then come

    back baffled, my oo leave me and I formed a plan. I formed it .

    It e.

    C used to speaking, and it came out like a croak. C be very c oo come and make a visit to your old mistress!

    And I  to   taking my eyes away from o me and I w weeping, in his ear:

    Say Im  all! Say Im her! Oh, please say Im her!

    I kept . epped back.   a scarlet line across  all over. h. he said,

    Miss, I— Miss—

    Of course, , at Briar. t of nasty satisfaction, ell, aint it marvellous  Dr Cie be pleased?

    I turned and cauganding? t s rig. Not too close, t say art clas better. Nos kicking up, you sing out—all right?

    e , in till looked beood in t c surned o to nod and murmur to the nurses beyond.

    I still  give it up. I leaned towards rembling, and spoke in a whisper. I said,

    Co see anyone, anyone in all my life! You o help me.

    he same low voice,

    You are Miss Smith?

    o er. But you mustnt say it  say— I glanced at Nurse Spiller, tly still. You must say Im Miss Lilly. Dont

    ask me why.

    Dr Cie  my malady aken a different turn, but being sure, in time, to turn back. I  if  I  Maud,  find a o keep me closer—peroo.—In oterror urned my brain. But I also  plan. It he second.

    Dont ask me rick  Im mad, Charles.

    a great el. I supposed I should find Miss Lilly here. And—and Mr Rivers.

    Mr Rivers, I said. O devil! o London  o be mine.  a pair! t me o die—!