It was so long ago that I thought
that perhaps you might think--"
"I do not doubt that it's all right"
"Yes, Mr. Morton--it is all right. It is quite right. But your
coming in this way is quite a compliment. I am so proud to see the
owner of Bragton once more in this house. I respect the family as I
always did; and as for the money--"
"I am only sorry that it has been delayed so long. Good morning,
Mr. Masters."
The attorney's affairs were in such a condition that an unexpected
cheque for 127l. 8s. 4d. sufficed to exhilarate him. It was as
though the money had come down to him from the very skies. As it
happened Mary returned from Cheltenham on that same evening and the
attorney felt that if she had brought back with her an intention to
be Mrs. Twentyman he could still be a happy and contented man.
And there had been another trouble on John Morton's mind. He had
received his cousin's card but had not returned the visit while his
grandmother had been at Bragton. Now he walked on to Hoppet Hall
and knocked at the door.--Yes;--Mr. Morton was at home, and then he
was shown into the presence of his cousin whom he had not seen
since he was a boy. "I ought to have come sooner," said the Squire,
who was hardly at his ease.
"I heard you had a house full of people at Bragton."
"Just that,--and then I went off rather suddenly to the other side
of the country; and then I had to go up to London.
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