THE SILVER FOX 135 



Lady Susan passed quickly round the 

 outside of the group and came straight to 

 Bunbury, her figure in its brilliant modernity 

 accentuating the sombreness of a tragedy of 

 this archaic kind. 



" I'm going home," she said indistinctly, 

 and walked past him ; *' 1 feel rather queer 



from seeing that " Her voice failed her, 



and she put her hand to her eyes. Bunbury 

 followed her without a word. It came home 

 with a pang to Slaney's heart that Lady 

 Susan had turned to him, expecting no 

 quarter from a girl. 



She turned to follow them, but she had 

 not gone more than a few yards when she 

 heard a step behind her. Glasgow over- 

 took her, and without speaking began to 

 walk beside her ; he looked straight in 

 front of him, and something about his 

 movement and the carriage of his head told 

 her that he was entirely absorbed in hot 

 white anger. 



"I hope you are gratified at the result 

 of encouraging superstition," he said at last, 



