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Updated: June 12, 2025
No sooner had this resolve formed itself in Fortune's stalwart mind than she hailed a fly and desired the man to drive her to the Madersley Arms. When she reached the big hotel she was shown at once into Mr. Dolman's presence. "Now, sir," she said; "I hope you have all had a good tea and enjoyed it."
"Why, there aint a person in Madersley who don't know Delaney Manor; and strangers, when they come there, drive out to see Delaney Manor as they would any other big place, and folks at this time of year travel from far to stay at Madersley, because the place is bracing and the coast good for bathing. So you see, Mr.
Fortune pressed her hand to her forehead. "Well, if there's one thing more evident than another." she muttered after a pause, "it's this: I must not leave Madersley at present. I'll just go to the hotel and tell Mr. Dolman that I am on the trail, and that not all the coaxing and all the worriting in the world will get me off it until I have found those children."
"Desire the pony carriage to be sent round directly," was her order to the servant when he appeared. Accordingly, in less than half an hour, Iris and Aunt Jane were driving into Madersley. They went straight to the humble house where the Darlings lived. The greater part of the house was given up to little Diana and her nurse.
I'm going to have descriptions of those children printed in very big characters, and posted all over Madersley." "And why specially all over Madersley?" asked Mr. Dolman. "'Cos Madersley is, so to speak, their native town," answered Fortune.
And so she slept sweetly and dreamed happily, and awoke in the morning with color in her cheeks and hope in her eyes. It was on the very evening that Orion and Diana had left the great circus that Uncle William and the two children arrived at Delaney Manor, for Delaney Manor was only five miles distant from the prosperous seaside town of Madersley.
The best of us can but take steps, and when we has taken the steps that Providence seems to indicate, there's no use a-fretting ourselves into our graves. Folks are coming to Madersley now from the length and breadth of England, being such a pretty and such a favorite seaside resort. Let's go to the circus this afternoon, Miss Iris, and see what is to be seen."
"Jonathan Darling? Who may he be?" "He's as honest a fellow, Fortune, as you can find in the whole of Madersley he drives a milk cart. He found the two little dears three mornings ago, wandering about in their circus dresses, and he took 'em home." "Well," said Fortune, "well then that's all right. It was a trouble, but it's over, thank the good God.
"Besides, there were no traveling companies of any sort within a radius of quite fifteen miles." "Very well," said Fortune; "then, perhaps, sir, you'll allow me to manage things my own way. I aint a detective, but I'm bent on detective work for the time being. I'm going straight off to Madersley this morning.
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