Luke told the story, and Mrs. Merton listened with great interest.
"So all corresponds except the name?"
"Yes."
"He may have changed his name."
"I have thought of that. I mean to find out some time."
"I won't keep you any longer. Your friend is, no doubt, in great anxiety. I have the money here in bills. I will give them to you for him."
Mrs. Merton was in the act of handing a roll of bills to Luke when the door opened suddenly, and Mrs. Tracy entered.
She frowned in surprise and displeasure when she saw her aunt giving money to "that boy," as she contemptuously called him.