Chapter 31

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​⁠Swithin's midnight excursion to the tower in the cause of science led him to oversleep himself, and when the brother and sister met at breakfast in the morning he did not appear.

'Don't disturb him,—don't disturb him,' said Louis laconically. 'Hullo, Viviette, what are you reading there that makes you flame up so?'

She was glancing over a letter that she had just opened, and at his words looked up w