CHAPTER XIII.
Mr.Wharton Complains "I think you have betrayed me." This accusation was brought by Mr.
Wharton against Mrs.Roby in that lady's drawing-room, and was occasioned by a report that had been made to the old lawyer by his daughter.

He was very angry and almost violent;--so much so that by his manner he gave a considerable advantage to the lady whom he was accusing.
Mrs.Roby undoubtedly had betrayed her brother-in-law.

She had been false to the trust reposed in her.

He had explained his wishes to her in regard to his daughter, to whom she had in some sort assumed to stand in place of a mother, and she, while pretending to act in accordance with his wishes, had directly opposed them.

But it was not likely that he would be able to prove her treachery though he might be sure of it.