"Perhaps you will accompany me, as your uncle suggests," insinuated De Guy.
"There is certainly no need of such haste as this," said the doctor.
"Her uncle may change his mind."
"Then his penitence is not sincere, and he cannot be trusted."
"I should scarcely call it penitence, sir, since it is only the fear of discovery which has driven him to this step," said the attorney, branching off in to a new school of ethics.
"I can go in a few days," said Emily. "Captain Carroll, you think, is out of danger now?"
De Guy started, and a scowl of the deepest malignity overshadowed his countenance, which had before been that of a meek and truthful man. The change was so sudden that he seemed to be a man within a man, and the two creatures of an opposite character. Neither the doctor nor Emily noticed the start, or the sudden change of expression; and the attorney, seemingly aware of the danger of wearing two faces, restored the former aspect.
"I think he is entirely out of danger," replied Dr. Vaudelier, in reply to Emily's question. "Perhaps he will be able to accompany you in a few days."
Emily blushed, but made no reply, other than a sweet smile, betokening the happiness such an event would give her.
"I fear, madam, the delay will be dangerous," suggested De Guy, who did not relish the proposition of the doctor.