Falcon received the sudden freezer with amazement. "Nonsense," said he.
"Not at home at this time of the morning--to an old friend!"
"Not at home," said the man doggedly.
"Oh, very well," said Falcon with a bitter sneer, and returned to
London.
He felt sure she was at home; and being a tremendous egotist, he said,
"Oh! all right. If she would rather not know her husband is alive, it
is all one to me;" and he actually took no more notice of her for a full
week, and never thought of her, except to chuckle over the penalty she
was paying for daring to affront his vanity.
However, Sunday came; he saw a dull day before him, and so he relented,
and thought he would give her another trial.
He went down to Gravesend by boat, and strolled towards the villa.
When he was about a hundred yards from the villa, a lady, all in black,
came out with a nurse and child.
Falcon knew her figure all that way off, and it gave him a curious
thrill that surprised him. He followed her, and was not very far behind
her when she reached the church. She turned at the porch, kissed the
child earnestly, and gave the nurse some directions; then entered the
church.
"Come," said Falcon, "I'll have a look at her, any way.
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