‘I say, Lily, I did not like the fellow’s last question. He means to give trouble about it.’
‘I was sorry the other name was brought in, but it must have come sooner or later.’
‘That’s true; but if she can’t swear to the figures on the draft, ten to one that the fellow will get off.’
‘You don’t doubt—’
‘No, no; but there’s the chance for the defence, and he was sharp enough to see it.’
‘There is nothing to be said or done about it, of course.’
‘Of course not. There’s nothing for it but to let it alone.’
They went on again, and when the train reached Silverton, Dolly was dreaming that her father had come, and that he said Uncle Alfred should be hanged unless she found the money for Professor Muhlwasser. She even looked about for him, and said, ‘Where’s father?’ when she was wakened to get out.
Gillian came up to her mother’s room to hear what had happened, and to give an account of the day, which had gone off prosperously by Harry’s help. He had kept excellent order at dinner, and ‘there’s something about Fly which makes even Wilfred be mannerly before her.’ And then they had gone out and had made Fly free of the Thorn Fortress.
‘My dear, that must have been terribly damp and cold at this time of year.’