CHAPTER XXXI NEIL’S LAST VISITOR

It was a very different Neil who reëntered the farmhouse after Simon had gone. The latter’s visit had taken away part of the corroding bitterness which had been eating into his heart and had left behind a sense of confidence and trust that had done much to restore his mental and moral balance, and he set about packing up his belongings, in readiness to leave Old Wyck the following day, with a certain calm acceptance of things as they were which would have been impossible to him prior to Simon’s advent. By the time …