He had evidently heard the housekeeper's
words.
'"Miss Wynne," he said, "this is Mrs. Titwing, my excellent
housekeeper. She has been attending you during your illness; but your
weakness was so great that you were unconscious of all her kindness."
'I went up to her and kissed her rosy cheek, at which she began to
cry a little. I afterwards found that she was in the habit of crying
a little on most occasions.
'"Will you, then, kindly show me my room?" I said to her. But as she
turned round to lead the way to the room, Mr. D'Arcy said to her,
'"Before you show Miss Wynne the way, I should like one word with
you, Mrs. Titwing, in your room, about the arrangements for the day."
'The two passed out of the room, and again I was left to myself and
my own thoughts.'
V
'Evidently there was some mystery about me,' said Winifred,
continuing her story. 'But the more I tried to think it out the more
puzzling it seemed. How had I been conveyed to this strange new
place? Who was the wizard whose eyes and whose voice began to enslave
me? and what time had passed since he caught me up on Raxton sands?
It seemed exactly like one of those _Arabian Nights_ stories which
you and I used to read together when we were children.
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