I shall not speak of the coming suit until we see
how it will end."
Mrs. Rocke approved this plan, and placed writing materials on the
table. And while the matron employed herself in closing up the
rooms, packing up what was needful to take with them to the doctor's
and putting out the fire, Clara wrote and sealed her letter. They
then put on their bonnets, locked up the house, and set out. They
called at the post-office just in time to mail their letter, and
they reached the doctor's house just as he himself walked up to the
door, accompanied by the lawyer. The latter greeted the daughter of
his old client and her friend, and they all went into the house
together.
In the doctor's study the whole subject of Clara's flight and its
occasion was talked over, and the lawyer agreed to commence
proceedings immediately.
CHAPTER XII.
CAP "RESTS ON HER LAURELS" AND "SPOILS FOR A FIGHT"
'Tis hardly in a body's power,
To keep at times frae being sour,
To see how things are shared;
How best o' chiels are whiles in want,
While coofs on countless thousands rant,
And ken na how to wear't.
--BURNS.
Leaving Clara Day and Marah Rocke in a home of safety, plenty and
kindness, in the old doctor's house, we must run down to Hurricane
Hall to see what mischief Cap has been getting into since we left
her! In truth, none! Cap had had such a surfeit of adventures that
she was fain to lie by and rest upon her laurels.
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