Well, this son of mine has run off with the Vicar's daughter." "Well ?" "Well, he has committed forgery.

It'll be known all over the country to-morrow, and even now I fear the runners are after him.

If he is taken before he marries that girl, things will be only worse than they are.

But never mind whether he does or not, perhaps you differ with me; perhaps you think that, if you could find the girl now, you could stop her and bring her home; but you don't know where she is.

I do, and if you will give me your solemn word of honour as a gentleman to give him warning that his forgery for five hundred pounds is discovered, I will give you his direction." The Major hesitated for a moment, thinking.
"If you reflect a moment, you must see how straightforward my story is.
What possible cause can I have to mislead you?
I know which way you will decide, so I wait patiently." "I think I ought to say yes, my love," said the Major to his wife; "if it turned out afterwards that I neglected any opportunity of saving this poor girl (particularly if this tale of the forgery be true), I should never forgive myself." "I agree with you, my dear," said Mrs.Buckley.