We ran up Gracious Street and found the girl waiting in Betty's parlor.
But Betty had told us all there was to be learned, so we gave the girl a
few shillings and sent her home.
"What shall we do?" asked Betty, feeling that she had earned a right to
couple herself with Hamilton and me by the pronoun "we."
"I'll go to see Lilly," said Hamilton. "He lives in the Strand, not far
from Temple Bar."
"Why do you wish to see him?" I asked.
"He will tell us where Frances is and how to find her. Will you go with
me?" asked Hamilton.
"Certainly," I responded, though I considered the visit a waste of time.
"May I, too, go?" asked Betty, with the double motive, doubtless, of
helping and seeing. Lilly, engaged in his incantations, would be an
inspiring sight to her.
"No, no, you may not go with us," answered Hamilton.
Betty's eyes looked up to me entreatingly, so I took up her cause, and
suggested:--
"Lilly may want to question her about what the girl said."
"You are right," returned George. "Wrap yourself up well, Betty, and come
along. We'll take a coach to Lilly's."
A porter soon brought us a coach, and Betty, having explained to her
father where and why she was going, climbed in with George and me, and we
were off.
CHAPTER IX
KIDNAPPED
We found Lilly at home, eager to help us. He asked many questions
relating to my cousin's life and her friends at court, to all of which I
made full answer in so far as I knew, including an account of the king's
objectionable attentions.
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