Candy stood up, heading for the door and wiping her tears when she heard the screech of brakes and a voice which was full of such terrible anger that her heart stopped in fear:

" What are you doing here, eh, cousin? Pasturing in foreign lands?"

Neil!

Candy opened the door, and as in a nightmare she saw Neil face to face, who was out of the car, and Archie. Neil's face was terrible - it was a grimace of hatred.

"I'll kill you, " he hissed softly, shaking with rage. Legan clutched in his hand a bunch of keys from the car and rushed to the opponent.

Neil was always weaker than Archie, but this time, being mad because of jealousy, and maybe taking cousin's by surprise, hit Cornwall fist with the keys in his face so hard that he stumbled on the sidewalk on curb and fell.

Without giving Archie recollected himself, Legan hit him on the head with the keys again and again, putting in these blows all his strength and hatred, growling like a wild beast.

" Nile! Neil, stop!" Candy ran for help, crying and trying unsuccessfully to seize hands of her enemy. "Beast! What are you doing?!" She sobbed.

Passers-by intervened and dragged raging Neil from the cousin who had already lost consciousness.

" Archie, Archie..." Candy called, stroking the young man handsome face, disfigured by blows, trying to stop blood running.

Later, sitting in the waiting room and waiting the doctor for an answer, she wrung her hands. The presence beside Annie and Mr. Albert, as well as Madame Elroy only worsened her condition.

"It's all because of you," she rasped, gritting her shoulder so hard that it pierced a sharp pain. "Dirty temptress, killer!"

Annie sat in silence, with dry eyes. She was not greeted with Candy, and never looked up at her. Miss Brighton clasped her hands and her lips moved silently - she prayed.

"Lord, let him will be fine!" Candy pleaded too. "Let him get well soon!"

Doctor came and said that the patient's condition is satisfactory, he awoke. There was a concussion, but if it would be bed rest, rest and proper nutrition, they may even take Archibald to family, in the estate. On his face put stitches and the doctor was ready to change the bandages, coming home to the patients with such high pedigree.

"Fortunately, the young man suffered not so much, as it seemed, but of course the face will heal for some time, and can remain minor scars."

Madam Elroy and Annie cried bitterly, but the doctor continued:

" But with proper treatment there will be no trace of injury. I promise you!"

"Can we... come to him? " Miss Brighton asked timidly .

"Only one person."

Annie cast a pleading look at Madame Elroy and she just nodded. She rushed to her beloved, and disappeared behind the door.

" Some people do not understand that they had better go away," said the old woman to no one in particular.

Candy quietly got up and left. Albert stood up, trying to go after her, but the aunt grabbed his arm.

Downstairs, she sat on the steps of the hospital and burst into tears. Her heart ached with pity for Archie and the horror and terrible guilt suddenly began to torment her being. "You killed Anthony!" "Because of you!" "It's your fault!" ... Is that true? Too, too many terrible things happen to people who love her and Annie ...She probably hates her... What is it? ... What? ...

" Do not cry!" She did not even recognize the voice, so soft it sounded. But when Candy took her hands from her face, she drew back her body and closed her hand as if defending herself:

"Go ... go away! Please!"

"Candy ..."

"I can not see you! Monster! Killer! You're a terrible person ..."

Miss White. looked around - and as luck as luck would have there was noone - only her enemy and herself. She tried to get up, but she ran out of power.

" Go away!" she said again, covering her face with her hands, to not see the hated person.

"How is he?" Neil asked ,suddenly and she replied for some reason:

"He woke up. But it's none of your business. How could you?! How?! I always thought that I had studied all your meanness, but that can you be such a beast, I did not know," and again she sobbed because of shock and helplessness.