"That business you entrusted to me," he said in a lower tone,--"I believe you will have no more trouble with it."
"So I thought!--so I gathered--the other night,--" said Fleda, her heart and her face suddenly full of many things.
"The note was given up--I saw it burned."
Fleda's two hands clasped each other mutely.
"And will he be silent?"
"I think he will choose to be so--for his own sake."
The only sake that would avail in that quarter, Fleda knew. How had Mr. Carleton ever managed it!
"And Charlton?" she said after a few minutes' tearful musing.
"I had the pleasure of Capt. Rossitur's company to breakfast, the next morning,--and I am happy to report that there is no danger of any trouble arising there."
"How shall I ever thank you, sir!" said Fleda with trembling lips.