Bertha had left the court early on the previous day and did not read the papers.
"Didn't his mother know Harry was arrested?"
"Arrested! Harry? What for?"
"For setting his uncle's house on fire," answered Aronson, who as a loyal partisan was one shade more thorough in his conviction of Harry's guilt than Shagarach himself.
"Setting his uncle's house on fire! Nonsense!"
"What boat did she take?" asked Aronson, breaking in upon Bertha's astonishment with a gesture of impatience.
"The Venetia, of the Red Star line."
"And it starts so early in the morning?"
"Yes; somewhere between 8 and 9."
Aronson looked at his watch. It was just 8:15. If he could catch a train back, he might be in town at a little after half-past. And then—a delay! These great steamers are often delayed!