Ginniss's dwelling, and leave the rest to her. This the young man
had consented to do; and, as Mrs. Legrange would not allow him to
wait for her, he had privately instructed James to do so, and had
not left the outer door until he saw that faithful servitor upon
guard.
Just what were her own intentions with regard to Teddy, or his
mother, Mrs. Legrange did not herself know; and, once arrived in the
room where 'Toinette had lived out the weary months since her loss,
all other ideas had faded and disappeared before the memories there
confronting her. Now, however, the sweet and generous nature of the
woman re-asserted itself, and she kindly said,--
"Yes: I see how great Teddy's temptation was, and I cannot wonder
that he yielded to it. Any one would have found it hard to part with
'Toinette; and he, poor boy! could not know how I was suffering. It
would have been different if you had known who she was."
"Indade an' it would. One moother can fale fer another; but these
childhren hasn't the sinse till they gits the sorrer. Small fear
that Teddy'll iver go asthray agin from light-heartedness."
"Does he feel very sorry, then?" asked Mrs. Legrange timidly.
"Sorry isn't the word, ma'am. It's his own heart as he consumes day
an' night," said Mrs.
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