Chapter 27

“It’s too bad that you have been put to so much trouble!” she said, smiling at him. “I do hope that you haven’t worried over it. No doubt we shall get along perfectly well without it.” “I only wish I felt a like confidence!” he replied, a little relieved. She was a charming child! He would have given all he possessed for a daughter like her. “But why not?” she answered. “I don’t see how there can possibly be any trouble about it. Mother Grover consulted you about her will, and not only told you exactly what to put …