Mrs. Lane was silent, and her face showed her keen disappointment.
"Then you don't see any chance for me?" she said, in a low voice—"you don't see any chance for me?"
"None whatever."
"But it will ruin me. The interest will amount to a large sum."
"Mr. Perkins tells me that Mr. Graves will waive interest."
"I will let you know my decision to-morrow."
Mrs. Lane announced the next day that she would not resist the claim. It was a bitter disappointment, but she would have twenty thousand dollars left.
CHAPTER XXXVII
CONCLUSION
Three days later Gerald and Mr. Nixon reached Portville. They called at once on Mr. Nugent, who received the old man kindly and cordially.