A Daughter of Delilah — page 164: what you’re looking at

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EDWARD HAWLEY’S TROUBLE. 155 ‘‘I shall see you again?’’ asked Hawley, feverishly. ‘‘Tell my mother that it is all a mistake.’’ Edgar Alston went away, and hired a cab to take him to his friend’s home in Twenty-third street. A glance at Mrs. Hawley’s face told him that she Inew nothing of her son’s trouble; and he broke the news to her as gently as possible. ‘‘At the latest he will be home to-morrow,’’ he said. ‘‘It is one of those peculiar cases when people are arrested right and left on mere suspicion. ’’ He went so far as to declare that the whole of the mem- bers of the Frivolity company were temporarily locked up! From Twenty-third street he went to his club, and after thinking for an hour decided to see his father and sister in person. | It was nearly seven o’clock when he ascended the steps of the home he had so recently left, and he stalked straight into one of the reception-rooms, instructing a ser- vant to send his sister to him. ‘Is my father at home?’’ he demanded. He was informed that Mr. Alston had gone out an hour earlier, with Lord St. Leonards, and hardly knew whether to feel glad or sorry. ‘‘Oh, Edgar I am so glad that you are back again,’’ Min- nie said, half tearfully. ‘‘Iam miserable—utterly miser- able now.’’ She had closed the door behind her, and he turned away abashed. The very purity of her presence was painful in contrast with the woman for whom he felt capable of com- mitting any sin. (E(0) =) » GComiecboo CS