14/20 "Oh, Mr.Clendon, I'm so glad you've come; it is as if--as if you had been sent to me. A moment or two ago I felt as--as I saw him taken away--that I was left alone in the world; but I feel now that I have a friend----" "I trust that you have, my child," he said. Tears cost so much; and I am convinced that you need not weep for fear of your lover's safety. He has been wrongfully accused; I do not doubt that for a moment." "You don't; I know you don't! But why ?" said Celia. |