The Dugdale Millions — page 75: what you’re looking at

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CHAPTER VII. DISQUIETING NEWS, From the remarks made by her uncle, and the questions he asked Dick, after she appeared on the veranda, Wallis learned that progress had been made in the search, and that her aunt’s suspicions were wholly unfounded. From her Dick learned that Mr. Hetlow had re- turned from the journey he had gone upon the day Dick was last at Dobbs Ferry. With a mischievous twinkle in her eyes, she expressed the belief that Mr. Hetlow would be pleased to see Dick, and learn from his own lips the progress the search was making, and concluded by proposing that he should accompany her to call at the Hetlow mansion, after dinner. To this Dick made no answer, nor in fact did he have the opportunity, for Mr. Stanton acquiescing in the prop- Osition, said he would go with them, adding that Mr. Hetlow did not yet know that he was interfering in the affair, and that it was high time he did. Dick’s face was evidently the cause of amusement to Wallis. It presented expressions of desire, dislike, and embarrassment, ludicrously blended. He did not Know how to meet the situation forced upon him. He could not refuse without giving Mr. Stanton a reason, and he could not give as that reason his misunder- standing with Bessie. Wallis would not assist him, but, upon the contrary, persisted in increasing the gravity of the situation, to his evident distress, and her Own amusement, until he began to contemplate a sudden attack of illness as the only way out of the difficulty. 65 Comicloo <S C@ 3