"I can get that in America—with me father."
"Position!"
"I don't want it. I want me father."
"Why this rebellion? This sudden craving for your father?"
"It isn't sudden," she turned on him fiercely. "I've wanted him all the time I've been here. I only promised to stay a month anyway. Well, I've stayed a month. Now, I've disgraced them all here an' I'm goin' back home."
"DISGRACED them?"
"Yes, disgraced them. Give me that twenty pounds, please," and she held out her hand for the notes.
"How have you disgraced them?" demanded the astonished lawyer.
"Ask me aunt. She knows. Give me the money, please."
Hawkes hunted through his mind for the cause of this upheaval in the Chichester home. He remembered Mrs. Chichester's statement about Alaric's affection for his young cousin. Could the trouble have arisen from THAT? It gave him a clue to work on. He grasped it.