Here was another surprise for Tom.
“It strikes me you are both crazy,” he said, looking from one to the other. “Settle it between you. I am going up-stairs.”
“Nathan, will you suffer him to insult me?” screamed Corinthia, showing signs of hysterics.
Tom did not hear the reply, as he was already entering his room.
“Something’s up,” he said to himself. “I wonder what it is.”
Tom’s curiosity was soon to be satisfied.
CHAPTER XIV
TOM LEARNS WHAT IS UP.
WHEN Tom came down stairs to supper he was struck by the naked appearance of the table. The Middletons had returned to their old economical fare. Mr. Middleton looked sober, and his wife had a forbidding aspect.