A Daughter of Delilah — page 183: what you’re looking at

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174 DISASTER FOR DETECTIVE HAWKLEY. CHAPTER XV. DISASTER FOR DETECTIVE HAWKLEY. That same day Edward Hawley was admitted to bail, upon the urgent representation of his able counsel, that the police were upon the track of the real murderer. He at once hastened to his mother, accompanied by Ed- ear Alston, and, after a half-hour’s earnest conversation, his spirits resumed their usual buoyancy. ‘“Your father’s conduct is extraordinary,’’ he said. ‘There must be a stratum of warmth underlying his outward coldness. I never dreamed that he would forgive you so soon, and so completely. As for myself, I am con- tent to abide by the terms you have made, and you will take my message to Minnie! You do not object to me now as your future brother-in-law, old man?’’ A silent pressure of hands was the only reply, and Haw- ley could scarcely believe that he was the miserable, hope- less wretch of a few short hours ago. He had heard the whole story of Isabel Russell. Edgar remained to dinner with the Hawleys, then went back to his hotel, where he gave instructions for his trunks to be sent back home. | It was growing dark when he mounted the marble steps, and his heart beat lighter than he had known it for years. “Send my sister to me,’’ he told the footman, airily. Gomichbooks