Jockie seized her hand, and pressed it fervently.
"You must turn me out if I bring discord," she said. "Thank you, dear Mrs. de Cressiers, for withdrawing your objections to me. You will make Austin a happy boy to-day."
And when Austin returned home with a slight shrinking in his heart from another encounter with his mother, he found Jockie and her holding an animated conversation as they sat at luncheon together.
Jockie looked up at him as he came in, with her mischievous smile.
"I am quite one of the family now," she said; "and though your mother does think me not half good enough for you, she is going to train me herself to carry on and maintain the tradition of your race."
Austin was too dumbfounded to reply. He said to his father afterwards:
"Jockie beats anyone I know for walking into a heavy squall, and coming out of it triumphant. She not only knows what she wants, but she gets it done before I've half-finished surveying the situation."
[CHAPTER XIX]
RANDOLPH'S RETURN
"HE will come home."