[CHAPTER XVII]
HOW THEY TOOK IT
When Grafton left Maurice's room he went to the Long Gallery, where Caroline was sitting with Miss Waterhouse. When Caroline went away he stayed there. Miss Waterhouse had not yet expressed herself to him.
"Well, Dragon, what do you think of it all?" he asked her.
"I think you have been very wise, and very kind," she said.
"It had to be—eh?"
"Yes, I think it had to be, under the circumstances."
"What do you mean by the circumstances?"