“When you get it send for me, and I'll help you row.”
“Very well,” said James; but he did not answer very positively. In fact, he was by no means sure that his father would comply with his request for money, although it suited him to make this representation to his companions.
Herbert retired early. It had been a fatiguing day for him, and it would be necessary to rise in good season the next day, as the coach left Randolph for Wrayburn at an early hour.
CHAPTER VIII
HERBERT'S RETURN
Mrs. Carter awaited Herbert's return with interest. She felt lonely without him, for he had never before been away from home to stay overnight. But there was a feeling of anticipation besides. Her hopes of a legacy were not very strong, but of course there was a possibility of her uncle's having remembered them in his will.
“Even if it is only five dollars, it will be welcome,” she thought. “Where people are so poor as we are, every little helps.”
She sat at her sewing when the stage stopped before the door.
“I'm glad he rode home,” thought the widow; “the walk both ways would have been too fatiguing.”