"
"I'm so glad," cried Florence. "You must come and explain it all to
Aunt Ella."
She was greatly pleased to learn that Captain Hornaby was innocent of
any complicity in the embezzlement, and said to Florence: "You will
get a letter from your father telling you who the real criminal is,"
and turning to the Captain, continued, "We go back to Fernborough
Hall to-morrow, Captain Hornaby, but when that letter comes we will
send for you."
"I can bear the suspense now that Colonel Spencer and myself are free
from any charge of criminality, but I greatly regret, Miss Sawyer,
that your father has met with such a heavy loss."
"Don't worry, yet, Captain," said Aunt Ella. "Florence's father won't
be out any money if there's any legal way of making the bank bear the
loss."
When Aunt Ella and Florence returned to Fernborough Hall they told
Alice the wonderful story.
"I am so glad for your sake, Florence, and the Captain's too. I think
Aunt Ella's suggestion about sending the cablegram to your father was
an excellent one."
The story was told, also, to Sir Stuart. He was gratified to learn
that two officers of Her Majesty's army had been freed from the
charge of embezzlement, but deplored the fact that gambling was so
prevalent among them.
"I am an Englishman born and bred," said he, "but I think the law of
primogeniture is, as a general rule, a bad one.
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