8/15 Make acquaintance with Mr.Jago. They pointedly drew back from John Jago as he approached the empty chair next to me and moved round to the opposite side of the table. It was plain that the man with the beard stood high in the father's favor, and that he was cordially disliked for that or for some other reason by the sons. A young lady quietly joined the party at the supper-table. Naomi Colebrook at last! A pretty girl, and, so far as I could judge by appearances, a good girl too. |