"
"Sir, your amiable affection for madame leads you to forget, as she
does, zie claim of your sister."
"No one has any claim on my mother," said Jock.
"Zie moral claim-—zie claim of affection," began the Greek; but
Caroline interrupted him—-
"Dr. Hermann is not the person fitly to remind me of these. They
have not been much thought of in Janet's case. I mean to act as
justly as I can by my daughter, but I have absolutely nothing to give
her at present. Till I know what my own means may prove to be I can
do nothing."
"But madame holds out zie hope of some endowment. I shall be in a
condition to be independent of it, but it would be sweet to my wife
as a token of pardon. I could bear away a promise."
"I promise nothing," was the reply. "If I have anything to give-—
even then, all would depend on your conduct and the line you may
take. And above all, remember, it is in my power to frustrate and
expose any attempt to misuse any hints that may have been stolen from
my husband's memoranda. In my power, and my duty."
"Madame might have spared me this," sighed the Athenian. "My poor
Janette! She will not believe how her husband has been received."
He was gone. Caroline dropped into a chair, but the next moment she
almost screamed—-
"Oh, we must not let him go thus! He may revenge it on her! Go
after him, get his address, tell him she shall have her share if he
will behave well to her.
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