"I cannot express to you, my dear, my feelings of horror and indignation when I heard of the awful occurrence at Rome. Between ourselves I should think it would be better for all parties, particularly for his poor ill-used wife, if your brother-in-law remained in America. Personally, I regret to say that I shall never be able to receive him again. I'm sorry to add that my husband does not look upon the matter in the same serious light, but he was always frivolous, even for a clergyman. "I may tell you that you are both coming back none too soon, for the squire, always a weak-minded man, seems now to be quite under the thumb of Miss Hood. That lady does not hesitate now to give herself airs to which I, for one, will never tamely submit; and I hope your cousin will take steps on her arrival to at once assert her position. "With love to Georgie and kind regards from the vicar, "I am, dear Miss Warrender, "Affectionately yours, "CECILIA DODD." The next morning the sisters were driven with Fanchette and the baby to the station of the Northern Railway, and they left for England by the tidal train. CHAPTER IV. THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER. When Georgie was ushered into the state room at The Warren, though she was horribly tired, she protested, but all to no purpose. "It's no use, my dear; the wheels of time never go backwards. You will never be Georgie Warrender again, for she has developed into a personage--Mrs. Haggard is a personage of consideration." So said Miss Hood as she welcomed Georgie to the quarters set apart for her, Fanchette and the boy.