“Then how is it you have brought it back?”
“That scoundrel Joseph!” exclaimed Dick. “I won’t believe but that it’s some trick on his part, for I don’t trust a word he says.”
“What does he say, then?”
“That they returned the notes unopened, and that—can you bear it?”
“Bear it! Bear what? Of course—yes; go on.”
“I’ve heard that Clotilde has accepted Mr Elbraham, and they are going to be married directly.”
Glen stood and glared at him for a moment, and then burst into a hearty laugh.
“Absurd! nonsense! Why, who told you this?”
“Joseph.”
“Rubbish! Joseph is an ass. The fellow forgot to deliver the letters.”