15/33 I won't keep dinner waiting; if the return train doesn't suit, I'll borrow a gig and get back in that way." As he took up his hat, Magdalen appeared at the door, returning from her interview with Frank. The hurry of her father's movements attracted her attention; and she asked him where he was going. "Your business, Miss Magdalen, has got in the way of mine--and mine must give way to it." He spoke those parting words in his old hearty manner; and left them, with the old characteristic flourish of his trusty stick. "I thought my business was done." Miss Garth pointed significantly to the letter in Norah's hand. "Your business, beyond all doubt," she said. |