[Cobwebs and Cables by Hesba Stretton]@TWC D-Link bookCobwebs and Cables CHAPTER III 4/12
All is lost!" "What do you mean ?" cried Madame, forgetting one terror in another, and catching him by the arm; "what is lost ?" "He is gone!" he answered, "and it was more my fault than his--mine and Mrs.Sefton's.
Whatever wrong he has done it was for her.
Remember that, Madame, and you, Phebe Marlowe.
If anything happens, remember it's my fault more than his, and Mrs.Sefton's fault more than mine." "Tell me what you mean," urged Madame breathlessly. "You'll know when Mr.Sefton returns, Madame," he answered, with a sudden return to his usually calm tone and manner, which was as startling as his former vehemence had been; "he'll explain all when he comes home.
We must open the bank now; it is striking ten." He locked the desk and passed out of the comfortably-furnished parlor into the office beyond, leaving them nothing to do but to return into the house with their curiosity unsatisfied, and the mother's vague trouble unsoothed. "Phebe, Phebe!" cried Felix, as they slowly re-entered the pleasant home, "my mother says we may go up the river to the osier island; and, oh, Phebe, she will go with us her own self!" He had run down the broad staircase to meet them, almost breathless with delight, and with eyes shining with almost serious rapture.
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