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Verdon was talking to him in silvery tones, and asking, with pleasant friendliness, whether he had made any plans for the autumn. Jamie, rosy and sleepy, gave him an indolent smile now and then. It was a curious thing, he reflected, that the child should link him to Mrs. Verdon as well as to Miss Kilner.
The afternoon was deepening into evening when she found herself again in All Saints' Street, and Miss Saxon's pleasant face greeted her at the door. "Any news, Miss Kilner?" was the first question. "No news of Jamie," Elsie answered sadly. "But I must try to find Mrs. Penn's house in Soho Square." "Does she live there now?" Miss Saxon asked. "Mrs. Tryon thinks not.
Oh, I fancy they are going to Switzerland," she said. "I am not sure about their plans, and I have not made any arrangements yet." "I shall write to Mr. Lennard to-night," Arnold remarked. "If I'm to begin to make myself useful I shall expect all my friends to come to my aid. May I count upon your help, Miss Kilner?"
Already, instead of the old boat, there was a new one, dark green with a stripe of white, moored against the landing-stage at the end of the meadow; and old Giles, who had worked on the Wayne estate for years, was waiting to take anybody for a row. Miss Kilner and Jamie were the first to come to the river-side.
As there was no mistress of Wayne's Court, it fell to Mary's part to play hostess, and when she gave the signal to rise from the table Elsie felt that she was going into a chilly atmosphere. In a hundred little ways did Miss Danforth contrive to slight Miss Kilner. Mary had never been as pretty as Lily, and was ten or twelve years older.
A little later Elsie was pouring out the story of her discovery of the manuscript, and Miss Saxon was listening in her quiet fashion. But her first words gave Elsie a chill of disappointment. "At present I don't see how I can help you, Miss Kilner," she said. "That old table came into the house a few days before you arrived.
Penn had prepared themselves for a trip to Richmond, when Miss Kilner suddenly presented herself. "One longs to escape from London to-day," she said. "So you are going to Richmond? I have a school-friend who lives down by the river, and I told Miss Saxon that I should go to see her." "Will you come with us?" Mrs. Beaton asked, brightening. "Yes," Elsie answered; and the three went off together.
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