Pattie was silent.
"Well! D'you hear?" asked Mrs. Cragg sharply.
"Yes. I am very sorry; I can't do as you wish."
"Can't do what?" said Cragg, coming in.
"Who was it you went to see?" asked his wife.
That turned Cragg's thoughts, and he put no more questions. But Pattie knew that Mrs. Cragg would not let the matter drop.
[CHAPTER VIII]
A Search
Unauthorised
FURTHER efforts on the part of Mrs. Cragg to find out Pattie's past history did not begin so soon as Pattie had feared.