Her Faithful Knight — page 272: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER XXVI. AYLMERS HOUSEHOLD. That little break into sentiment on the part of Aylmer rather unnerved both him and his companion. To change the subject, she began rapidly asking ques- tions about his aunt and cousin, questions which he an- swered at length, so that Dorothy was in some measure prepared for the persons she was likely to meet when the cab drew up before its destination at a few minutes be- fore seven o’clock. It was by this time far too dark to see more than that 40 Ashgrove Road was fronted by a garden and protected by very high walls entered by one of those mysterious doors peculiar to that district of London, and which are provided with a iittle shutter on the inside, so that callers may be surreptitiously peeped at before being admitted. An electric bell by the door in the wall communicated with the house, and on Ayimer pressing the bell three times in quick succession the door flew open, worked from within the house. “We are safe enough here, as you see,” he whispered to Dorothy through the cab window. “Don’t Ee out until I have prepared Aunt Harriet to welcome you.’ A short walk down an asphalt path which intersected a beautifully kept garden led to the house, a small, com- pact, low-built residence, painted white and covered with trellis-work, and with neatly trimmed ivy and other creep- . ing plants. The house door, fitted with glass and veiled on the inside by a beaded reed screen, flew open before EComichbooks (€©) im