the 'Green Dragon' and the 'Duke of Kent' were the same groups
of men--farmers, townsfolk, fishermen--talking in the glare of the rival
inns, and they stared at her curiously as she passed, a tall figure,
closely veiled. She looked at the well-remembered shops, the stationery
shop with its old-fashioned, fly-blown knick-knacks, the milliner's with
cheap, gaudy hats, the little tailor's with his antiquated fashion
plates. At last she came to the station, and sat in the waiting-room,
her heart full of infinite sadness--the terrible sadness of the past....

And she could not shake it off in the train; she could only just keep
back the tears.

At Victoria she took a cab and finally reached home. The servants said
her husband was in his study.

'Hulloa!' he said. 'I didn't expect you to-night.'

'I couldn't stay; it was awful.' Then she went up to him and looked into
his eyes. 'You do love me, Herbert, don't you?' she said, her voice
suddenly breaking. 'I want your love so badly.'

'I love you with all my heart!' he said, putting his arms round her.

But she could restrain herself no longer; the strong arms seemed to
take away the rest of her strength, and she burst into tears.

'I will try and be a good wife to you, Herbert,' she said, as he kissed
them away.

THE END

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NOTES FOR TRANSCRIBER IN PROGRESS

spendour splendour
apparently be changed to apparently been
the the third changed to the third
make both end meet changed to make both ends meet
that to than
ratings to rantings

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