"And you would really be willing that I should discharge you and take back my nephew into his old place?"
"Yes."
"Nothing would induce me to do it. That ungrateful young man I will never receive into a confidential and trusted position. What is the appearance of the man you saw with him?"
Robert described him.
"You think he was a physician?"
"I judge so."
"Probably my nephew will bring him here to see me with a view to reporting against my sanity. In that case I shall call upon you to identify him," concluded Mrs. Vernon.
CHAPTER VII.
THE DOCTOR'S VISIT.
Two days later Frederic Vernon called. He found his aunt with Robert. The latter was writing to her dictation.