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Mr. McDiarmid was as desirous of an explanation with Edith as she could be; so on the following morning, when, after a restless night, she rose early, and met the master of the house about to take his morning walk before breakfast, he stopped and said to her, "will you speak to me for a little, Miss Gray?" She was willing to follow where he led.
He led her into his study--his sanctum--which was a curiously shaped room with a narrow window with deep embrasures. An old castle is picturesque, but Castle Diarmid was not by any means so convenient as Wilta after all.