第41章 MRS. ZANT AND THE GHOST.(41)

The careworn look appeared again in her face. "If you had felt as kindly toward him as he feels toward you," she said, "I might have gone to St. Sallins with a lighter heart."Mr. Rayburn thought of the supernatural appearances, described at the close of her narrative. "You believe in that terrible warning," he remonstrated; "and yet, you go to your brother-in-law's house!""I believe," she answered, "in the spirit of the man who loved me in the days of his earthly bondage. I am under _his_ protection.