Let Fenshawe read his letter, and, above all
else, let me seek counsel from his granddaughter. Then, by happy
chance, I may hit on the right line." When a young man does not want to
deprive himself of the company of a nice young woman, he may be
depended on to argue himself into a state of mind which does not demand
such a sacrifice.
At that instant Irene rose and told Captain Stump that she agreed with
him--a scrutiny of the chattering mob in the street was more to her
taste than a description of the frocks worn at the last court ball.
Dick pocketed his letters, and would have joined them had he not
noticed that Mrs. Haxton was bending forward in her chair and examining
the mixed pile of correspondence on the table. There was no grave
significance in the action, because a number of magazines and
newspapers were mixed with the heap, and these were more or less common
property. But Royson, knowing of the existence of one document of
exceeding importance, acted on the principle that if opportunity makes
the thief Mrs.
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