CHAPTER XV.
A FIT COMPANION,--FOR ME AND MY SISTERS.
On that same Wednesday Reginald Morton had called at the attorney's house, had asked for Miss Masters, and had found her alone.

Mrs.
Masters at the time had been out, picking up intelligence about the great case, and the two younger girls had been at school.

Reginald, as he walked home from Bragton all alone on that occasion when Larry had returned with Mary, was quite sure that he would never willingly go into Mary's presence again.

Why should he disturb his mind about such a girl,--one who could rush into the arms of such a man as Larry Twentyman?
Or, indeed, why disturb his mind about any girl?
That was not the manner of life which he planned for himself.

After that he shut himself up for a few days and was not much seen by any of the Dillsborough folk.