With moistened eyes she went into her brother's room.
And Mrs. Westmore wrote a note to Richard Travis. It did not say so in words but it meant: “Come and be bold—you have won.”
CHAPTER VIII
A QUESTION BROUGHT HOME
“I shall go to Boston next week to meet the directors of the mill and give in my annual report.”
The three had been sitting in Westmoreland library this Sunday night—for Richard Travis came regularly every Sunday night, and he had been talking about the progress of the mill and the great work it was doing for the poor whites of the valley. “I imagine,” he added, “that they will be pleased with the report this year.”
“But are you altogether pleased with it in all its features?” asked Alice thoughtfully.