“No,” said Richard, sharply; “the matter’s tangled enough as it is; but he’s got the wrong man to deal with, has Sim Slee, if he thinks he has cheated me so easily.”
“Better leave him alone,” said Mrs Glaire, wearily. “You have enough to attend to with your own affairs.”
“This is my affair,” cried Richard.
“Bombast and sound,” said his mother. “I suppose you and Slee are in collusion, and this is done to blind me, and the rest of the town. But there, you must follow your own course.”
“I mean to,” said Richard; and the breach between him and his mother seemed to be getting wider than ever.
Volume Two—Chapter Eleven.
A Friendly Meeting.
There was a goodly meeting at the Bull and Cucumber that evening, for the discussion of the disappearance of Daisy Banks. Sim Slee was there, and one of the chief spokesmen.