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Sir Patrick made a bad breakfast. Blanche's absence fretted him, and Anne Silvester's letter puzzled him.
He read it, short as it was, a second time, and a third. If it meant anything, it meant that the motive at the bottom of Anne's flight was to accomplish the sacrifice of herself to the happiness of Blanche. She had parted for life from his niece for his niece's sake! What did this mean? And how was it to be reconciled with Anne's position -- as described to him by Mrs. Inchbare during his visit to Craig Fernie?