"I am not so hopeful as you, Dan. I fear that I shall never see her again."
"I am sure we shall. Now, mother, I am going to bed, but I shall be up bright and early in the morning, and then to work."
"You won't have any time, Dan. You must go to the store."
"I shall take a week's vacation. I will write a note to Mr. Rogers, telling him my reasons, and he will be sure not to object. If Althea is to be found, I will find her within a week."
Dan's confidence gave Mrs. Mordaunt some courage, but she could not feel as sanguine of success as Dan.
In the morning Dan sought out Nancy, and took down her account of how the little girl had been spirited away.
"So she went away in a carriage, Nancy?"
"Yes, Master Dan."
"Can you tell me what sort of a looking man it was that took her away?"