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12 BLACK SHEEP.was humiliating, because it was fear-inspiring.Routh was afraid of his wife, and kneyv that heyvas afraid of her, yvhen he had ceased to love her,after he had begun to dislike her; so much afraidof her that he kept up appearances to an extent,ancl for a duration of time, inexpressibly irksometo a man so callous, so egotistical, so entirely devoidof any sentiment or capacity of gratitude.Such yvas the position of affairs when GeorgeDallas and Mr. Felton left London to join Mr.and Mrs. Carruthers at Homburg. From thetime of his arrival, and even yvhen he had yieldedto the clever arguments which had been adducedto urge him to silence, there was a sense of insecurity,a foreboding in Routh's mind; not a traceof the sentimental superstitious terror yvith whichimaginary- criminals are invested after the fact,but with the reasonable fear of a shrewd man, ina tremendously dangerous and difficult position,who knows he has made a false move, and looks,with moody perplexity, for the consequences?sooneror later." Hemust have come to England, at all events,Stewart," Harriet said to her husband, yvhen he