Chapter Sixteen.
The “John Seaton.”
Mrs Calderwood stood waiting outside Mrs Horne’s door, when her son came there.
“Is it you, mother?”
“Is it you, Willie? Thank God?”
“Amen. Mother, I bring heavy news to this house.”
“Ah! poor soul! I dared not go in till I knew the worst. Is it long since it happened?”
“Three months and more. He was long ill, and glad to go.”
“And must I tell her? Oh, if Miss Jean were here!”