Her Faithful Knight — page 91: what you’re looking at

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Dorothy Visits Her Aunt. 87 quently to be seen about that time. But although she told herself that the girl’s pride would of a certainty give way, and that they would then again apply to her, her expecta- _ tions were unfulfilled, and to the last day of her life she was never fated to again behold Harold Knight’s orphan children. As to Dorothy, long before she reached home she knew what a mistake she had made, and bitterly reproached her- self for letting her temper get the better of her judgment. She tried to comfort herself by determining to devote the whole of the next day to seeking fresh employment in drawing. It was also absolutely necessary, as she told herself with a shudder of repugnance and disgust, that she must find out where this Sergius Trevelyan was hid- ing, and have an interview with him. He must be forced to give names, dates and proofs with regard to his pre- vious marriage, if such indeed had taken place at all. His real name must also be found out and his relatives com- municated with, so that he might be forced to provide for Phyllis. Perhaps even his wife, Millie Clements, whom he had met on a singing tour in America, might be in- duced to divorce him since desertion and bigamy could be proved, in which case Phyllis might still be legally mar- ried to him. “If, indeed, she desired such a position,’ Dorothy thought, with lip curled in disdain. “For my part, I would die rather than accept the name of suchacur. But my poor darling does not take things as I do.” The nurse chosen by Dr. Morgan arrived that same evening, a kindly, business-like person, in whom Dorothy at once placed entire confidence. Phyllis was desperately ill; youth and a clear health record were upon her side, but Dr. Morgan’s questions elicited the fact that Mrs. Harold Knight had died of heart disease, and there were sure signs of heart weakness in her younger daughter. COMmmcooolks (G)