Single-minded Luke answered that he did not want the poor lass's prayers he did it to please his mistress, Margaret.
After that Luke often pressed Margaret to give him something to do—without success.
But one day, as if tired with his importuning, she turned on him, and said with a look and accent I should in vain try to convey:
“Find me my boy's father.”
CHAPTER LXXXII
“Mistress, they all say he is dead.”
“Not so. They feed me still with hopes.”
“Ay, to your face, but behind your back they all say he is dead.”
At this revelation Margaret's tears began to flow'.