” Sir John was speechless. ’ ‘Melusine!’ came sharply from the doorway. It’s that father of yours you take after, no question. The music throbbed into the warnings that preceded the king’s irruption. It was in another world from that in which men will die for a kiss, and touching hands lights fires that burn up lives—the world of romance, the world of passionately beautiful things. There sat Jack, evidently in the last stage of intoxication, with his collar opened, his dress disarranged, a pipe in his mouth, a bowl of punch and a halfemptied rummer before him,—there he sat, receiving and returning, or rather attempting to return,—for he was almost past consciousness,—the blandishments of a couple of females, one of whom had passed her arm round his neck, while the other leaned over the back of his chair and appeared from her gestures to be whispering soft nonsense into his ear. She led him up the long hall solemnly. She stood without motion and without strength. Father and daughter regarded each other warily, each more than a little insecure with the other. "Very well," said Rachel, with a toss of her pretty head, "very well. Jack turned away with an aching heart. ’ ‘Certainly that is true. Ennison’s acquaintance.
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