"Yes."
"To that dreadful place?"
"What dreadful place?"
"Where he was going, you know,—somewhere. Are you sure he has gone,
Eleanor?"
"Yes. I saw it in the paper—the mention of his going—He and two others."
"And has he gone to that horrible place?"
"Yes, I suppose so. That is where he wished to go."
"I don't see how he could!" said Julia. "How could he! where the people are so bad!—and leave England?"
"Why Julia, have you forgotten? Don't you know whose servant Mr. Rhys is?"
"Yes," said Julia mutteringly,—"but I should think he would be afraid.
Why the people there are as wicked as they can be."