Produced by Al Haines. *THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS* *A Novel* BY S. BARING GOULD AUTHOR OF ’MEHALAH,’ ’COURT ROYAL,’ ’JOHN HERRING,’ ’THE GAVEROCKS,’ ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. III. LONDON SPENCER BLACKETT & HALLAM MILTON HOUSE, 35, ST. BRIDE STREET, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E.C. 1889 [_All rights reserved_] *CONTENTS OF VOL. III.* CHAPTER XXXIV. A DESOLATE HOUSE XXXV. OFF XXXVI. DEPOSED XXXVII. ON THE LAKE XXXVIII. IN HÔTEL IMPÉRIAL XXXIX. TWO WOMEN XL. TWO MEN XLI. ONE POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF XLII. THE GAUNTLET DANGLED XLIII. THE GAUNTLET CAST XLIV. AND PICKED UP XLV. OBER-ALP XLVI. ARTEMISIA XLVII. EDELWEISS XLVIII. TRAPPED XLIX. TÊTE-À-TÊTE L. IN THE HOSPICE LI. AGAIN HYMEN LII. THE DEVIL’S KNELL *THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS.* *CHAPTER XXXIV.* *A DESOLATE HOUSE.* Philip was restless all that day, after Salome had departed. He had remained at home in the morning to see her off, and he did not return to his work at the factory till after lunch. At the office, he found it impossible to fix his thoughts on the books and letters before him. He was not an imaginative man, but day-dreams forced themselves before him now; between his eyes and his ledger he saw the pale, tearful face of Salome through her veil. He found his thoughts travelling along the line with her. He saw her in a corner of the railway carriage, with her hands on her lap, looking out of the window, not to see anything, but to hide her wet cheeks from her fellow-passengers. He caught himself wondering whether she had taken sandwiches with her and a little bottle of sherry. When he travelled—and he was called from home occasionally——there was always a neat little package in white paper and a tiny flat flask, pressed on him. Had any of the servants thought of these things for Salome? That she had thought of them for herself was unlikely. When she reached town, what would she do? Would the porters be attentive? Would they take her wraps and little odds and ends and see her into a cab? And would the flyman be civil, or would he seek to take advantage of a lone lady, especially one who looked ill and unhappy? Would not such an one become a prey to his rapacity, and be subject to rudeness? What sort of weather would Salome have for crossing the Channel? She was going by Dover and Ostend, Brussels and the Grand Luxembourg, to Strasburg; thence by Basle to Lucerne, and so on by boat and diligence to Andermatt.