10/30 I have done my errand," said Mr.Ambrose, with a sort of sigh of relief. "I confess, I am in great anxiety of mind, both on your account and on hers. I never dreamed that such things could happen in Billingsfield." "You are certainly not responsible for them," answered Mr.Juxon. "It is not your fault--" "Not altogether, perhaps. But I was perhaps wrong in letting her come here--no, I am sure I was not," he added impulsively, as though ashamed of having said anything so unkind. |