8/23 I--I wish I could have saved him. It might have been a double salvation for him." The mother did not press him for further explanations, for she also had news to tell. As soon as Dorian came from his room in his dry clothes, she asked him if he had seen Brother Duke on the way. Carlia, it seems, has had a nervous break down, and the father thinks you can help." "I'll go immediately." "You'll have some supper first. It will take me only a moment to place it on the table." "No, mother, thank you; after I come back; or perhaps I'll eat over there. |