London (England) -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Mystery fiction
Surely I need not dwell upon the boundless delight with which poor,
ill-judged and helpless Sybil was hailed on her return to Grosvenor
Street, or the sensation when that same evening in the drawing-room,
before her mother, Jack, Cynthia and Lord Wydcombe, she repeated the
whole of the strange circumstances, just as she had related them to me.
Jack was furious, for he saw how cleverly he had been fleeced by Ellice
Winsloe, while I, on my part, turned to the little love of my youth,
saying frankly,--
"As Tibbie seems to be still in fear that the French police may apply
for her extradition on account of the sale of the naval secret to our
Admiralty, she may be inclined to change her nationality in real
earnest. She can do this by marriage, easier than by letters of
naturalisation, and as we are man and wife and poor in the eyes of
Camberwell, so, if Tibbie consents, will we become the same in the eyes
of Society."
For answer she clung to me quickly with a cry of joy, and allowed me to
kiss away the tears from her dear face, while Jack clapped me heartily
upon the shoulder and said,--
"Wilfrid, old fellow! It's just as it should be. Tibbie's loved you
for years. Everybody who wasn't blind has seen that. You've saved her,
and you've a right to her."
And five minutes later my well-beloved and I were receiving the
congratulations of the whole family.
What else need I say?
To tell you that we are now living in our pretty rose-embowered home
near Amersham, in Buckinghamshire, which Lady Scarcliff bought and gave
to Tibbie as a wedding present, and that we are supremely happy in each
other's love is only to tell you what you already know. The smart set
know Tibbie no more, for she is content with her simple, healthful
country life. And she is all in all to me--my love.
Winsloe, who has been traced to Buenos Ayres, has not yet been arrested,
although Pickering is still confident of success, but Parham and Vickers
are now awaiting trial on the very serious charges of blackmail, robbery
and murder. Very little evidence was given before the magistrate at Bow
Street, but at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court, London
will surely be startled by the sensational evidence which the police
will give concerning that grim dark house in Clipstone Street--the House
of Doom.
Death sentences await both prisoners, without a doubt.
"_Whatsoever a Man Soweth, that shall he also Reap_."
The End.
End of Project Gutenberg's Whatsoever a Man Soweth, by William Le Queux
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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