A Novel. BY LEGH KNIGHT, AUTHOR OF "TONIC BITTERS." IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1870. [All rights reserved.] 250 y 266. MONK OF MONK'S OWN. CHAPTER I In spite of Sissie's promise to give Arnold a decided answer in a fortnight, at the farthest, from the time they had parted, she was obliged to let more than a week elapse before she proceeded with her search, as she feared that Clement might run some risk of a relapse, if he again travelled before he had quite recovered his strength, and she could not leave him at Cover-heath without Phoebe. During this period of unavoidable inaction, Sissie had much to think of, and much to arrange in her own mind. Clement's illness, and the unexpected meeting with Arnold, had so entirely occupied her thoughts VOL. III. B |