“Are you ready to help my young friend here to recover his rights?” asked Spencer.
This morning I said no. Now I say yes, if he’ll do the fair thing by me.”
A conference was entered into, and a bargain was finally made. Rudolph was to receive two hundred pounds a year as a reward for his services, if successful.
When this arrangement had been completed, an appointment was made for the next morning, at which hour a lawyer of repute was also present. After listening attentively to Rudolph’s statement, he said, decisively:
“Your young friend has a strong case, but I advise you to see Mrs. Middleton privately. It may not be necessary to bring the matter into court, and this would be preferable, as it would avoid scandal.”
“I put myself in your hands,” said Tony, promptly.
Mrs. Harvey Middleton is in London,” said the lawyer. “I will call this afternoon.”
CHAPTER XXXVI
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Mrs. Harvey Middleton sat in her boudoir, trying to read a novel. But it failed to interest her. She felt uneasy, she scarcely knew why. The evening previous she had been at the Haymarket Theater, and had been struck by a boy’s face. Ten feet from her sat Tony, with his friend, George Spencer. He looked wonderfully like his father as she remembered him, and she was startled. She did not know Tony, but Rugg’s angry warning struck her.