Chapter 21

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​⁠Now Frederick was not the man to hurt anything if he could help it; besides, he was completely bewildered. Not only was his wife here—here, of all places in the world—but she was clinging to him as she had not clung for years, and murmuring love, and welcoming him. If she welcomed him she must have been expecting him. Strange as this was, it was the only thing in the situation which was evident—th