"Except from Fate!" answered Bridget, with a sigh.
"Wait and see!" he exclaimed. "The better part of life is before you."
"Are you by way of telling my fortune?" asked Bridget.
"I hope to be allowed to influence it," said Jimmy, as she stopped at the corner of Dover Street. "You will let me come and see you," he urged, taking her hand.
"You said your sister was coming!" Bridget reminded him.
"Yes," he said.
"You must ask her to bring you."
CHAPTER XIV
THE WOOING O'T
Jimmy Clynesworth now began to employ all his arts to induce Sybil to take some notice of Bridget. His eagerness, however, stood in his way. The more forcibly he attempted to convince his sister of his desire, the more obstinately she maintained her ground. Her hand was strengthened by a visit to Charteris Street, where Victor often attracted her, although some glass beads on her jacket made the child regard her as an enemy.