“You do not believe that I shall be able to take care of us both,” she said, eagerly, “but I know that I can, for I have not yet told you all. Listen.”
She bent nearer to him, and putting her lips close to his ear, told him something which even you and I must not know just yet, my patient reader.
He was nearly as much surprised as he had been to learn of Archibald Sherbrooke’s treachery.
“My dear,” he said, while his face lighted with pride and joy, “you shall have your way, and I will do just as you wish, and I——”
He checked himself suddenly, dropped his head in thought for a moment, then resumed:
“I am not happy here any more than yourself, and have been thinking for some time that I must go away; but I could not bear the thought of parting from you. Now we will go together, as you wish, unless——”
“Unless what, Uncle Jacob?” Star asked, anxiously.
“Unless you will let me see this young scamp of a lord, and take him to task for his faithlessness to you.”
“Never!” Star replied, proudly. “What good would it do to——”
“There may be some mistake; he might be able to explain everything satisfactorily,” interrupted Mr. Rosevelt.