“What do you mean?”
“Have I ever spoken to you of little Piers Pelham, the present owner of the Pelham estates?”
“What, the child who comes between Richard Pelham and the baronetcy?” said the nurse eagerly.
“The same.”
“Yes, I have heard of him; he is a delicate child. What of him?”
“If you undertake his case he runs a chance of being a dead child soon.”
“Now what does this mean?”
“It means that I want to revenge a wrong, and the tool is young Piers Pelham. Do you follow me?”
“Not at present, but I shall soon,” answered the woman. Then she continued:
“What is the matter with the boy?”