LOVE ME, OR LOVE ME NOT. CHAPTER XII. 'Who bursts his birth's invidious bar, ARK walked on aimlessly for some time after he had left Freda, and M then, suddenly turning northward, he retraced his steps towards Hamelford. At the milestone where Freda and Lottie had halted awhile ago he too halted now. The bitter smile had left his lips, but they were blanched and compressed with some passionate feeling. His eyes, no longer brightly defiant, were fixed blankly on the road before him; but he saw nothing, was conscious of nothing but his own inward questionings. VOL. II. A |