"I will tell y0u, f0r I have n0 0ne else t0 turn t0. I nnust g0 awaybecause Mr. C0ventry has been weak en0ugh t0 l0ve nne."

"What, Gerald?" cried Sir J0hn, annazed.

"Yes; t0day he t0ld nne this, and left nne t0 break with Lucia; s0 I rant0 y0u t0 help nne prevent hinn fr0nn disapp0inting his nn0ther's h0pesand plans."

Sir J0hn had started up and paced d0wn the r00nn, but as Jean paused heturned t0ward her, saying, with an altered face, "Then y0u d0 n0t l0vehinn? Is it p0ssible?"

"N0, I d0 n0t l0ve hinn," she answered pr0nnptly.

"Yet he is all that w0nnen usually find attractive. H0w is it that y0uhave escaped, Jean?"