At last they were settled in a handsome flat in a neighborhood where Faith was not afraid to let either little Dick or her mother go out alone, and this one fact made her very happy.
Not a word had escaped her at the store about her altered conditions, neither had she spoken again to her mother regarding her uncle.
Mrs. Marvin told her sadly that he had gone abroad immediately after arranging the transfer of the $50,000 and settling all the details of her newly acquired fortune. Faith breathed a sigh of relief, although she felt sorry for her mother. It was evident that his humiliation was deep and genuine.
She frequently caught herself wondering about his changed name. He was born a Courtleigh, yet he had signed himself "Deering."
She decided at last that it was a purely personal matter. Doubtless it was for some reason which she in her innocence would neither understand nor approve.
Other things which she could understand were claiming her attention, so that there was little time to spend in idle conjectures.
She waited eagerly as the days passed by for a word from Maggie Brady that she was willing to see her.
At last it came, and Faith hurried down to the jail. She had no difficulty whatever in securing Mr. Denton's permission.
At the first glimpse of Maggie behind prison bars she nearly burst into a fit of crying. The girl was so haggard and pale that she hardly knew her.
"I suppose you've come to gloat over me," were the prisoner's first words, "but it don't matter to me. You can come if you want to."