He seized his father’s hand, and received his kiss, and then he held out his other hand to Rhoda.
“Come here, Rhoda, come here,” cried he.
Timidly, and as it were reluctantly, she came. Caryl put her hand into that of his father, and held them together.
“Papa, you won’t let her go now, will you?” he whispered.
Rhoda was crying. Sir Robert looked at her very tenderly over the little wheel-couch, and said in a low voice as he pressed her hand in his:
“No, Caryl, I won’t let her go away again.”
THE END
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Florence Warden was the pseudonym of Florence Alice (Price) James.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. dinner-gong/dinner gong, newcomer/new-comer, etc.) have been preserved.