“Why have you brought that man to live with us?” Lady Mildred asked when she was alone with her husband.
“I like him,” Gaunt answered emphatically.
“Yes. But that is not an answer to my question.”
“Have you any objection? If so, I can very quickly alter the arrangement.”
“No. I don’t wish that. You have the right to ask any friend you wish to your house.”
“If you dislike the idea, I will——”
“No—no. You misunderstand me,” she interrupted him hastily. “I was only thinking that it was a little strange that you should make a clergyman a member of our family. I have never noticed that you were religiously inclined,” she wound up drily.
“Mildred, dear, will you be patient with me? It is my intention to make a great change in my life, and I want your help and sympathy.”
A look of surprise swept over her face.
“Surely you haven’t lost all your money, or anything dreadful of that kind?” she cried.