Chapter 35: The Hush That Succeeds the Tempest

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌⁠Robert Audley followed his uncle into the vestibule after Sir Michael had spoken those few quiet words which sounded the death-knell of his hope and love. Heaven knows how much the young man had feared the coming of this day. It had come; and though there had been no great outburst of despair, no whirlwind of stormy grief, no loud tempest of anguish and tears, Robert took no comforting thought fro