His mother knew nothing about it--he wouldn't tell her, and Madame nursed him, and made a fuss of him.

And Mr.Dunstable thought he owed her a great deal--and she made scenes and told him she had compromised herself by coming to nurse him--and all that kind of nonsense.

And at last he promised to marry her--in writing.

And now she's so sure of him that she just bullies him--you saw how she ordered him about to-day." "Well, why doesn't he marry her, if he's such a fool--why hasn't he married her long ago ?" cried Doris.
Miss Wigram looked distressed.
"I don't know.

My friend thinks it's his father.