"Why, what do you mean?"
"There's a villain of a cousin, Homer Bulson, who's been tryin' to git Miss Gertrude in his clutches. You're not doing this work for him?"
"No, indeed, Mrs. Kennedy. Mr. Horton sent me himself. He wants Miss Gertrude to come straight home. He wants her to forgive him for his harshness."
"To hear that now!" ejaculated Mrs. Kennedy joyfully. "What a change must have come over him!"
"I do not know how he was before, but he is now very anxious for her to return. He thinks he might get better if she were with him."
"What a pity Gertrude can't go to him this minit!" said Mrs. Kennedy.
"Will you tell me where I can find her?"
"She is not in New York, Mrs. Conroy. She went to Lakewood early this morning."
"To stay?"