“What?”
“I mean that she has become the wife of Mr. Josiah Crabtree!” cried Tad Sobber. “So if you ever marry Dora Stanhope you’ll have Mr. Crabtree for your father-in-law.”
CHAPTER XXVIII
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL
At the announcement of Tad Sobber, Dick could only stare at the speaker for the time being.
Was it really true that Dora’s mother had married the disreputable Josiah Crabtree after all? It made his heart sick to think of such a state of affairs.
“You are telling me the truth?” he asked at last.
“Certainly.”
“I don’t believe you, Tad Sobber.”
“Very well—you can ask Mr. Crabtree—and Mrs. Stanhope, when you see her.”
“If she married Crabtree she was forced to do it.”