[Lister's Great Adventure by Harold Bindloss]@TWC D-Link bookLister's Great Adventure CHAPTER I 17/19
"You will come back? So long as you stop here I hope you will feel our house is open to you." Hyslop got up, but Cartwright stopped him with a sign.
He was quiet while they crossed the lawn, but when they reached the wood by the road he said, "I imagine you know we owe you much.
After a time, your efforts to use some tact were rather obvious.
Well, the girl you helped is my step-daughter." "At the beginning, I did not know this," Lister declared. "It was plain," said Cartwright, "Well, I agree with her mother--Barbara was very lucky when she met you, but since you look embarrassed, we'll let this go.
Did she repay your loan ?" "She wanted to pay me," said Lister.
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