If your
grandfather sanctions our plan, we have all details ready for his
approval. There need be no delay. We do not want a great deal in the
way of stores, and we give our promise to repay the small sum of money
which will be necessary for the voyage to Aden and thence to London."
Irene, conscious of some unknown element in this wholly unexpected
outcome of the previous evening's discord, hurried off to arouse her
grandfather. At that hour the _kafila_ was usually beginning the day's
march, but Mr. Fenshawe, like the others, had remained up late, and he
was unwilling to be disturbed until his servant told him that his
granddaughter was exceedingly anxious to see him.
As soon as she began to relate Mrs. Haxton's story, she realized that
it implied a confession of the attachment existing between Royson and
herself. She stammered and flushed when it came to explaining the
interest she took in all appertaining to Dick, but the old gentleman
listened gravely and without comment.
"What do _you_ think, Irene?" he asked when she had finished.
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