CHAPTER XV
I SAIL WITH MY BAND
‟I WILL not let you go alone.”
“But I could manage quite well. It will be moonlight, and such a still night. There would be no real difficulty.”
“I will not let you go.”
“But it will be days before you are fit to move. You know you cannot risk the delay: it is your brother’s only chance. You can’t see it wasted.”
“I can—if the price is too great to pay. I will not buy his safety at the risk of a young girl. I will not let you go.”
“Then let me tell your son.”
The white face on the pillow worked pitifully.
“No—anything but that! Harry is so young—and so proud. I cannot let him share the knowledge of disgrace. Life would never again be the same to him. I have tried so hard to keep it to myself—to spare Harry.”
“Ah, let me go!” I said. “It would be so easy—the launch is ready, and the run to Southport would be nothing. Think of it—to have all your anxiety at an end! Say I may go, dear Mrs. McNab.”