"Oh, won't I tell all I know! Yes, and more, too!" she exclaimed, in
triumph.
"'More, too!' Oh, hoity-toity! Never say more, too!" said Herbert
laughing.
"I will, for I'll tell all I suspect!" said Cap, galloping on ahead,
in her eagerness to get home and pack up for her journey.
The next day Old Hurricane, Herbert Greyson, Capitola, Pitapat and
Wool went by stage to Staunton. They put up at the Planters' and
Farmers' Hotel, whence Herbert Greyson and Capitola soon sallied
forth to see Clara and Mrs. Rocke. They soon found the doctor's
house, and were ushered into the parlor in the presence of their
friends.
The meeting between Capitola and Clara and between Mrs. Rocke and
Herbert was very cordial. And then Herbert introduced Capitola to
Mrs. Rocke and Cap presented Herbert to Clara. And they all entered
into conversation upon the subject of the coming lawsuit, and the
circumstances that led to it. And Clara and Capitola related to each
other all that had happened to each after their exchanging clothes
and parting. And when they had laughed over their mutual adventures
and misadventures, Herbert and Capitola took leave and returned to
their hotel.
Herbert Greyson was the most serious of the whole family. Upon
reaching the hotel he went to his own room and fell into deep
reflection. And this was the course of his thought:
"Ira Warfield and Marah Rocke are here in the same town--brought
hither upon the same errand--to-morrow to meet in the same court-
room! And yet not either of them suspects the presence of the other!
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