"I shall not stir from the house, while to do so would increase your suffering.

I perceive there has been some villainy practised upon you, and a promise extorted, which I shall not ask you to break; but rest assured, I shall keep guard over my precious one." "And Mr.Travilla!" she gasped.

"Oh, papa, if I only knew he was safe!" "Perhaps the note may set your mind at rest on that point.

Shall I read it for you ?" "Yes, sir," she said, putting it into his hand with a slight blush, "he never writes what I should be ashamed or afraid to have my father see." It was but short, written merely to explain his absence, and dated from a neighboring plantation, where he had gone to assist in nursing a sick friend whom he should not be able to leave for some days.

There were words of deep, strong affection, but as she had foreseen, nothing that she need care to have her father know or see.
"Does not this news allay your fears for him ?" Mr.Dinsmore asked tenderly.
"Yes, papa," she answered, the tears streaming from her eyes.