As for Donald Morley's being guilty,
it's absurd! He is not the sort of man who runs away from punishment."
Miss Lady's heart swelled with gratitude. Of course Donald Morley was
nothing to her now. She had assured herself of that so continuously
for two months that she was beginning to believe it. She knew that he
was wild, reckless and unreliable, that he had failed her in her
greatest need, and that she had put him out of her life forever. But
it was good of the Doctor to take his part!
"I know now what my father meant when he said you were the justest man
he ever knew!" she said timidly, lifting a pair of shining eyes.
"Unfortunately for Donald the Court does not share my opinion. It is
not known even by the family as yet, but Mr. Gooch tells me that
Donald has been indicted by the grand jury."
"Indicted!"
"Yes, he can never return to Kentucky without standing his trial. It
is a serious affair for him, I fear."
CHAPTER VIII
When in the course of the morning Uncle Jimpson started to the station
to meet Mrs. Sequin, he did not have to direct the course of his
steed. Had old John not known the way from experience, the inherited
memory of his ancestors would have prompted him to turn twice to the
right, once to the left, and pull up at a certain corner of the
station platform.
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