Chapter XIII.
"I LOVE JESSIE BAIN WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!"
Mrs. Varrick started back with a low cry.
"Is it you, Hubert?"
"Yes; but upon my honor, mother, you don't seem overglad to see me."
"I thought you were to have been gone a fortnight."
"I succeeded in getting the business attended to much more speedily than you thought it could be done. I did not make any visits, as I was anxious to get home. But, mother, how white and ill you look!" he added.