I consent to my daughter's visiting you.
FRANK OWEN O'CONNELL.
The lawyer cabled at once making all arrangements through their bankers in New York for Miss O'Connell's journey.
That night Kingsnorth slept without being disturbed. He awoke refreshed in the morning. It was the first kindly action he had done for many years.
How much had he robbed himself of all his life, if by doing so little he was repaid so much!
CHAPTER III
PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME
O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him. She met all his arguments with counter-arguments. Nothing would move her for hours.
"Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
"He's your uncle, Peg."