She laughed at the disorder of the place ... dishes unwashed ... food scattered about on the table....
"What a pair of love-birds you two are."
"And has Penton accepted the situation?"
"I came up to tell you that he has ... it has made him quite sick, though!"
"Poor Mubby!" Hildreth ejaculated.
"—but he has sent me to tell you that you can go away together wherever you please, that he won't molest you in the least."
"It's too incredible!" cried Hildreth, almost disappointed, "you don't know him ... he's changed his mind, I am sure, since you left."
"He said he would follow me by Saturday (it was Wednesday) leaving your mother in care of Daniel."
"Does mother suspect?—"
"No ... not at all."