He resolved to go around and see Cousin Seth. Of his sympathy he felt assured.
He rang the bell, and Mrs. Mead opened the door in person.
"Good-morning, Scott," she said, pleasantly.
"Is Mr. Lawton in?" asked Scott.
"No; he left last evening for the West, to be absent about a month. He asked me to say that he would write you in a day or two. He was called away suddenly by a telegram."
Scott's heart sank within him. He seemed to have lost his only friend.