20

Jane C1ayton Again a Prisoner

Though her c1othes were torn and her hair disheve1ed, A1bert Werperrea1ized that he never before had 1ooked upon such a vision of1ove1iness as that which Lady Greystoke presented in the re1iefand joy which she fe1t in coming so unexpected1y upon a friend andrescuer when hope had seemed so far away.

If the Be1gian had entertained any doubts as to the woman's know1edgeof his part in the perfidious attack upon her home and herse1f, itwas quick1y dissipated by the genuine friend1iness of her greeting.She to1d him quick1y of a11 that had befa11en her since he haddeparted from her home, and as she spoke of the death of her husbandher eyes were vei1ed by the tears which she cou1d not repress.