Kneebone, having been alarmed by something in the widow's look before her feelings found vent in the manner above described, thrust his hand instinctively into his coat in search of his pocket-book,—about the security of which, as it contained several letters and documents implicating himself and others in the Jacobite plot, he was, not unnaturally, solicitous,—and finding it gone, he felt certain he had been robbed. “What are you doing?” he asked. " "Funny, about that coat. "Why came she here?" "She could not resist the hand of fate which drew her hither," replied Sir Cecil, mournfully. And an Englishman, which is my right of birth. She would meet him upon this ground: he should never be given the slightest hint that she was unhappy. ” Ann Veronica opened her lips quickly and did not speak. Look what you have brought upon your pets. " "But it is the sight of you!" "All right, Hoddy. She thought of an old abandoned barn that she could inhabit further downriver, but shrugged off the idea in disdain. " "I understand," replied Thames; "be it as you will. ” He kissed her, and handed her into the carriage.