19/47 I had it from Mrs.Waltham.' 'Did you contradict it ?' 'As emphatically as I could.' 'I will see the man who edits this to-morrow,' cried Hubert hotly. 'But perhaps he is too great a blackguard to talk with.' 'It purports to come, you see, from a London correspondent. But I suppose the source is nearer.' 'You mean--you think that man Mutimer has originated it ?' 'I scarcely think that.' 'Yet it is more than likely. I will go to the Manor at once. At least he shall give me yes or no.' He had started to his feet, but the vicar laid a hand on his shoulder. |