“Then you mean to stop at home on the way back?”
“Not if you decide against it.”
A pause; and then—
“No; perhaps we may as well—just for five minutes. I needn’t stay longer than that. Perhaps we may as well—before you tell me more exactly what Mr. Forest thinks about father.”
The same thought had occurred to Leo, though he by no means expected to hear it from Joan’s lips.
“Mother is sure to question me,” added Joan. “I had better be able to say that I really don’t know. But please don’t make me stay long, Leo. I do want to get back to father quickly.”
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
ANOTHER MEETING.
“I CAN’T think why Leo does not come back,” said Dulcibel complainingly.
“Perhaps he had somewhere else to go on his way,” suggested Nessie.