“I—I fear so, Clifford. If Lippencott——”
“He won’t,” said Clifford with a sigh. “Thank you, little cousin. It was better that I should know the truth. I am glad that you will go with Harriet, and when she hath finished with General Washington, get her to go right on to father, Peggy.”
“I will,” she promised.
“Good-bye, then, until to-morrow,” he said. “Is Cousin David coming?”
“Yes, Clifford.”
“Peggy,” called Harriet, and Peggy went out to join her.
Mr. Owen, after his visit to Clifford, announced that if leave could be obtained he would accompany them also to Philadelphia.
“There may be trouble for thee in entering Philadelphia again, Harriet,” he said. “Thou hast been banished, remember.”
“True, but they would not hold it against me now,” she cried in dismay.
“I think naught will be said anent the subject,” he replied. “But in case there might be ’twould be well to have me with thee. For this and other reasons I shall go.”