“I’m glad of that, but not a bit surprised.”
“She is a greater help to me than I can tell. And what a sad history she seems to have had—in early life, that is! Her childhood appears to have been a sad time.”
“Ah, she has told you, then?”
“Yes, it came out quite by accident. She didn’t obtrude it in any way.”
“I am sure she wouldn’t.”
“And the fact that she was once a little outcast girl increases my interest in her very much.”
“That,” said the minister, “is a matter of course.”
CHAPTER XXXI.
“COBBLER” HORN’S CRITICS.