XXXIX. THE HOME-COMING OF ADAM LAMBERT
XL. EDITHA'S RETURN
XLI. THEIR NAME
XLII. THE RETURN
XLIII. THE SANDS OF EPPLE
XLIV. THE EPILOGUE




PART I




The Nest of the Sparrowhawk

CHAPTER I

THE HOUSE OF A KENTISH SQUIRE


Master Hymn-of-Praise Busy folded his hands before him ere he spoke:

"Nay! but I tell thee, woman, that the Lord hath no love for such
frivolities! and alack! but 'tis a sign of the times that an English
Squire should favor such evil ways."

"Evil ways? The Lord love you, Master Hymn-of-Praise, and pray do you
call half an hour at the skittle alley 'evil ways'?"