Chapter 20

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​⁠When Lady Constantine awoke the next morning Swithin was nowhere to be seen. Before she was quite ready for breakfast she heard the key turn in the door, and felt startled, till she remembered that the comer could hardly be anybody but he. He brought a basket with provisions, an extra cup-and-saucer, and so on. In a short space of time the kettle began singing on the stove, and the morning meal wa