"We will go to the hotel first. Either Judge Belknap will be there, or there will be some word for us."
At the hotel they found, not Belknap, but a letter which he had left. The governor was suffering from a slight indisposition and was confined to the house. Belknap had made an appointment for him, and he would be expected. The general crushed the sheet of paper between his fingers with weary impatience.
"We'll see the governor at once. I'll call a carriage," he said briefly.
Five minutes later, when they had left the hotel, Elizabeth asked:
"What did Judge Belknap say?"
"Nothing, dear, nothing—the matter remains just as it was. The governor is expecting us."
"What do you think, father? This is our last hope. Oh, do you realize that?"
She rested her hand on his arm.
"It's going to be all right!" her father assured her.
Then there was silence between them until they drew up before the governor's house.