It is waiting round
the corner. Miriam told me to hurry; that it was a matter of life or
death, and she gave me money to pay for the hack. It was absolutely
necessary you should know, she said, before you married any one."
Mollie mused a moment. She never thought of doubting all this. Of
course, Miriam knew all about her, and of course it was likely she
would wish to tell her on her death-bed.
"I will go," she said, suddenly. "Wait one instant."
She summoned the servant, gave her the message that had caused such
consternation, locked the door, and threw over her glittering bridal
robes a long water-proof cloak that covered her from head to foot.
Drawing the hood over her head, she stood ready.
"Now," said Miss Dane, rapidly, "we will not go out by the front door,
because I don't want any one to know I have quitted the house. Come this
way."
She opened one of the long windows and stepped out on the piazza. Sarah
followed.
Some distance on there was a flight of stairs leading to a paved
back-yard. They descended the stairs, walked down the yard, passed
through a little gate, and stood in the street, under the bright night
sky.
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