When we asked her to come up here for a couple of months in the season, Mrs.Bolton sent me word that London is a terrible place for young girls,--though, of course, she knew that our own girls were being brought up here.' Then the ways of Mrs.Bolton at Chesterton and Hester's future life generally were discussed in a spirit that was by no means unfriendly to our hero.
The suggested inquiries were made in the city, and were all favourable.
Everyone connected with the mining interests of the Australian colonies knew the name of John Caldigate.

All of that class of people were well aware of his prosperity and confirmed good-fortune.

He had brought with him or sent home nobody quite knew how much money.

But it was very well known that he had left his interest in the Polyeuka mine to be sold for L60,000, and now there had come word that a company had created itself for the sake of making the purchase, and that the money would be forthcoming.

The gentleman in the city connected with mining matters did not think that Mr.Caldigate would be called upon to go out to the colony again, unless he chose to do so for his own pleasure.