Catherine’s manner suggested the impression which the meeting had made upon her. There was conviction in her tone.
“I’m never likely to forget it.”
“Nor, Miss Fraser, am I. It brought me into contact with one of the few women in the world I have learned to respect.”
The stranger pressed his hand to his heart as he bowed low to Catherine.
“It was at Bedford Station. I was in the train which was taking me to the boat at
Liverpool. By that time I had learnt about the great temptation.”
“I would rather you did not use that phrase the great temptation.”
This was Mrs. Parker Van Groot she seemed slightly annoyed. The stranger made a little gesture with his hands.
“Possibly, madam; but to me it appears that no other phrase describes the situation so well. I repeat that by that time I had
