envelope the writing which had graven itself upon his mind from the note delivered to his room the morning at Ely.
"Dear Mr. Preston,"—he read the few lines hurriedly,—"mother and I are stopping for a few days here at the Tudor in Plymouth. We have just heard that you are at the Grand.
"Both of us have been very much disturbed over the consequences to you—past and impending—of our most unfortunate trouble at Ely. Mother has asked me to write to ask you to come and see us before we leave. It will truly give us both much pleasure, as well as relieve us from the discomfort we have felt over the misunderstanding at Ely, if you will give us an opportunity to correct it before we sail for home.
"We shall be in after nine this evening, when we hope you can and will come.
"Very sincerely,
"Ethel Davis Varris."
"Ah! Good news, I hope?" the Englishman ventured, as his young companion finished.
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