It would
never do. Besides, there would not be time, for he must be back here on
Tuesday night. No; if he breaks his oath he must do it with his eyes
open--and he will do it later on--or I will go and fetch the money for
him myself. He is in love with a grand-daughter of Mrs. Humdrum's, and
this sum, together with what you are now leaving with me, will make him a
well-to-do man. I have always been unhappy about his having any of the
Mayor's money, and his salary was not quite enough for him to marry on.
What can I say to thank you?"
"Tell me, please, about Mrs. Humdrum's grand-daughter. You like her as a
wife for George?"
"Absolutely. She is just such another as her grandmother must have been.
She and George have been sworn lovers ever since he was ten, and she
eight. The only drawback is that her mother, Mrs. Humdrum's second
daughter, married for love, and there are many children, so that there
will be no money with her; but what you are leaving will make everything
quite easy, for he will sell the gold at once. I am so glad about it."
"Can you ask Mrs. Humdrum to bring her grand-daughter with her to-morrow
evening?"
"I am afraid not, for we shall want to talk freely at dinner, and she
must not know that you are the Sunchild; she shall come to my house in
the afternoon and you can see her then.
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