I can get it." "In what way ?" "She loves Basil, her son, more than she does herself," went on Hale, paying no attention to the remark.

"To save him she would do much." "To save him from what ?" "Basil;" continued the lawyer, still not noticing the interruption, "is a young fool.

He thought himself sure of Miss Loach's money--and he was until a week before she died.

Then he came to Rose Cottage and insulted her--" "I have heard that.

She ordered him out of the house." "She did.