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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
' ' You are right, ' ' he said. ' { I must go at once. She is the frankest, sweetest, most lovable girl I have ever had the fortune to meet — perhaps her task is more wretched than mine.''.
Early the next morning, after a hurried preparation, he was gone. In a few days, Marian received a letter from him, asking her to tell her sister that he had enlisted in an exploring
lantry — in not the slightest way was the claim of a fiance asserted toward Laura. It was only when the marriage settlement was being drawn up by the Fairlies' solicitor, that Sir Percival showed an evident personal interest: he insisted strongly that, in the event of Laura's death, her property was to revert to himself.
A short time afterwards they were
THE CONSPIRACY
party about to set out from London for a prolonged trip into the heart of Central America.
The wheels of the carriage bearing Hartrid^e toward London had barely passed thru the gates of Limmeridge House park, when the coach containing Sir Percival Glyde arrived. He was a good-looking man of about fifty-six years, slightly bald, very correctly dressed, and with cold blue eyes.
His manner toward the half-sisters was a mixture of deference and gal
married quietly in Limmeridge church. It was arranged that, after an extensive bridal trip on the Continent, Marian Holcombe should come to live with them in Blackwater Park, then fallen somewhat into decay and undergoing extensive repairs against their return.
Early spring of the next year found Marian Holcombe installed in "the ancient and interesting seat," as the county history stated, of Sir Percival Glyde. The big house was of the Elizabethan period, rambling, half