Little did she suspect that her arrival had filled Olver Dench with alarm. He had heard sufficient to cause him considerable uneasiness. Winefred had met her father in Bath. What had passed between them? What had been divulged?
When she came to the ferry to be put across to Seaton, he seized the opportunity to question her.
'So—you have been with your father?'
'Yes.'
'And what does he think of you?'
'That is a question to be put to him, not to me.'
'I suppose he wonders that your mother should go to such expense about you.'
'I do not see how he can wonder, when he finds the money.'
'Oh! he finds the money, does he?'