I've
got a stamp."
She stuck it on to the envelope with an angle upwards; and Gammon
declared that it was beautifully done; he never knew anyone stamp a
letter so nicely. As she gazed at the completed missive Polly had a
sudden thought which made a change in her countenance. She looked
round.
"What is it?"
"He hasn't got another wife, has he?"
"Not likely," answered Gammon. "If so he's committed bigamy, and so
much the worse for him. Your aunt must have been his first--it was
so long ago."
"Couldn't you find out? Isn't there a book as gives all about lords
and their families? I've heard so."
"I believe there is," replied the other thoughtfully. "I'll get a
look at it somewhere. He's scamp enough for anything, I've no doubt.
He comes of a bad lot, Polly. There's all sorts of queer stories
about his father--at least, I suppose it was his father."
"Tell me some," said Polly with eagerness.
"Oh, I will some day. But now I come to think of it, I don't know
when he became Lord Polperro. He couldn't, of course, till the death
of his father.
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