CHAPTER XXXV.
WAYS AND MEANS.
As they entered the house, Dolly went downstairs and Mr. Shubrick up; she trembling and in a maze, he with a glad, free step, and a particularly bright face. Mrs. Copley was with her husband, as Dolly had opined.
"Here's one of them," cried Mr. Copley as Sandie entered. "Where have you been all this while? If you think I'll do to be left alone yet, you're mistaken. Where have you been?"
"In what I believe is the park of Brierley—over there under the oaks."
"And where is Dolly, Mr. Shubrick?" Dolly's mother asked.
"I have just brought her home. She is downstairs."
"I sent her to take care of her father," said Mrs. Copley in a dissatisfied tone.
"She informed me that Mr. Copley did not want her, and preferred me," said Mr. Shubrick.
"But you did not come?" said Mrs. Copley suspiciously.