THE TWO DESTINIES. CHAPTER I. THE CATS. MISS DUNROSS had so completely perplexed me, that I was at a loss what to say next. To ask her plainly why it was necessary to keep the room in darkness while she remained in it, might prove (for all I knew to the contrary) to be an act of downright rudeness. To venture on any general expression of sympathy with her, knowing absolutely nothing of the circumstances, might place us both in an embarrassing position at the outset of our acquaintance. The one |