But the
lady was not so easily won; and though she did not absolutely reject him, gave
him very slight hopes. “Do you mean, aunt,” she asked, “that my father thought I had gone off—with
some man?”
“What else COULD he think? Would any one DREAM you would be so mad
as to go off alone?”
“After—after what had happened the night before?”
“Oh, why raise up old scores? If you could see him this morning, his poor face
as white as a sheet and all cut about with shaving! He was for coming up by the
very first train and looking for you, but I said to him, ‘Wait for the letters,’ and
there, sure enough, was yours. ’
A scowl crossed the lady’s face. From none of these could Jack ascertain what had become of Thames, or
learn any particulars concerning the family at Dollis Hill, or of his mother. But it is no longer necessary. 255
“You have a very talented son,” was her opening line.
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