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Three glasses of claret during dinner and one of port with his dessert was Mr. Challoner's usual allowance of alcoholic fluid, and, as a rule, neither his sister nor Helen took any. But to-night, in honour of the occasion, a half-bottle of champagne, to drink a toast in which two names were coupled, made its unusual appearance, and the vicar proposed the health in a voice which shook a little with feeling.
"God bless you both, my dearest girl," he said, and drained his glass.