"Home!" echoed Seth.
"Yes, home," repeated Mrs. Chester.
"For how long," asked Seth, "will it be a home for her?"
Mrs. Chester turned very white, and looked at Seth Dumbrick for an explanation.
"Mrs. Chester," he said with a curious hesitation, "what sort of a man do you consider me to be?"
"I don't know any harm of you, Mr. Dumbrick."
"That's neither one thing nor the other. It don't matter, though. I'd like to hear the rights of the story about Sally's baby, if you've no objection."
Mrs. Chester related what she knew, and Seth Dumbrick listened thoughtfully and attentively.
"And you've never since set eyes on the man who brought the child to your house?"
"Never before or since, Mr. Dumbrick."