Turning back, Edith saw her hurrying across the fields,
and knew it would not be long ere all Shannondale were talking of
Arthur's ward.
Arrived at home she found the dinner waiting for her, and when
asked by Richard what had kept her she replied by repeating to him
in substance what she had already told Mrs. Eliakim Rogers. There
was this difference however, between the two stories--the one told
to Richard was longer and contained more of the particulars. She
did not, however, tell him of Arthur's love for Nina, or of the
neglected wife, the mother of little Miggie, though why she
withheld that part of the story she could not tell. She felt a
strange interest in that young mother dying alone in the noisome
city, and in the little child buried upon her bosom, but she had
far rather talk of Nina and her marvellous beauty, feeling sure
that she had at least one interested auditor, Victor, who was
perfectly delighted to have the mystery of Grassy Spring
unravelled, though he felt a little disappointed that it should
amount to nothing more than a crazy girl, to whom Mr.
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