He contrived to break off his sister's match; and this he accomplished
so cleverly, that he maintained the strictest friendship with Sir Cecil. From a scout stationed at the
northern entrance, whom she addressed in the jargon of the place, with which
long usage had formerly rendered her familiar, she ascertained that Blueskin,
accompanied by a youth, whom she knew by the description must be her son,
had arrived there about three hours before, and had proceeded to the Cross
Shovels. But, when I look upon his
innocent face, and see how like he is to his father,—when I think of that father's
shameful ending, and recollect how free from guilt he once was,—at such times,
Mr. People hounded him about
the disappearances mercilessly for weeks after the
concert, first the police, then the Becks, then people from
school. Of what use was the temporary set-back to memory, when it
always returned with redoubled poignancy?
Then came another thought, astonishing. CHAPTER XXIV
Spurlock's novel was a tale of regeneration. "Put your arms about
me. After all, it came to him suddenly as a harsh
discovery that she might be in a sense regarded as grownup.
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