"
"Well?"
She hesitated. He stood before her, palpably anxiously waiting for her
decision.
"I was perhaps wrong to judge so hastily, Lord Arranmore," she said,
"and I am inclined to regret my visit to Enton. If you care to know it,
I do not harbour any animosity towards you. But I cannot possibly
accept this sum of money. I told Mr. Ascough so finally."
"It is only justice, Miss Scott," he said, in a low tone. "I won the
money from your father fairly in one sense, but unfairly in another, for
I was a good player and he was a very poor one. You will do me a great,
an immeasurable kindness, if you will allow me to make this
restitution."
She shook her head.
"If my forgiveness is of any value to you, Lord Arranmore," she said,
"you may have it. But I cannot accept the money."
"You have consulted no one?"
"No one."
You have a guardian or friends?
"I have been living with my uncle, Mr. Bullsom. He has been very kind
to me, and I have--"
"Mary!"
They both turned round. Selina and Mr. Bullsom had issued from the
shop before which they stood, Both were looking at Lord Arranmore with
curiosity, in Selina's case mixed with suspicion.
Pages:
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248