Dorothy, with a softened face now, got up and kissed her father.
'That is right dear,' he said. 'Now let us put the matter aside for the present. I have been busy all the morning and want my lunch badly; so even if you are not hungry yourself, come down and keep me company. Come, cousin, dry your eyes, and put your cap straight, and come down to lunch.'
'Food would choke me,' Mrs. Daintree said; 'I have a dreadful headache, and shall go and lie down.'
CHAPTER VIII
'Mr. Danvers is in the library, sir,' a servant announced at nine o'clock that evening.
'Will you come down, Dorothy?'
'No, father, I do not want to hear what is said. No doubt he will suppose I took the diamonds.'
'No, no, my dear, you should not say that.'
'But I do say that, father. When even Captain Hampton was willing enough to believe me guilty, what can I expect from others?'