"Tito? Tito Alvarez? You have met him?"
"Yes, we have met him and Anselmo, your friend Anselmo as well. Each has helped to link the chain together which finally drew us to you."
"But it was poor old Bets Potter that supplied the final link," said Aunt Manning. "Who could ever have thought it! One never knows what time and patience will bring."
CHAPTER XX
Opened Eyes
Mr. Kirkby carried Pepé off to the rectory where he insisted he should remain as long as he stayed in England. "You shall see the boy every day," he promised Anita and her mother, "but I want him myself some of the time. You won't refuse me that, Katharine."
"After all you have done, all that we owe you, is there anything we could refuse you?" said Mrs. Beltrán. "Such a wonderful friend as you have always been, Ernest. I don't feel as if I had words to express my gratitude to you for your supreme goodness to me now and always."
"Tut, tut, tut," cried Mr. Kirkby, taking her hands in his. "You know, my dear Katharine, that nothing in the world has brought me such exalted happiness as the fact that partly through my efforts your boy is restored to you. As for the other things, well, they have given me happiness, too, so please say no more about that."
"I do believe you are the best man in the world, Ernest Kirkby," said Mrs. Beltrán with tears in her eyes. "I hope some day we, my children and I, can do something for you."
"You are doing something every minute, and you are doing a big thing to let me have the boy."