“Yes; how could I look him in the face again, if I had not behaved to you as he bade me when we said good-bye on board the ship?”
“As he bade you?”
“Yes; to be as a sister to you always, and to look to you as a sister for help and comfort when I was in need. Yes, dear, for Mark’s sake.”
For answer, Richmond Chartley took her friend once more in her arms, and kissed her, but only to press the purse back into her hand before going with her to the door, from which they both shrank on opening it, for a loud voice exclaimed, “Thank you! How do? Ah! Miss Chartley, is the doctor within?”
Chapter Three.
The Doctor at home.
“Yes, my father is at home, Mr Poynter,” said Richmond, speaking calmly, and drawing back for the visitor to enter.
Then to Janet, in a whisper.