"
"That seems to be the popular view," said Lorne.
"And a very reasonable view, too. But I'm not going to
embark on that with you, old fellow--you shan't draw me
in. I know where you are on that subject."
"So do I--I'm stranded. But it's all right--the subject
isn't," Lorne said quietly; and Hesketh's exclamations
and inquiries brought out the morning's reverse. The
young Englishman was cordially sorry, full of concern
and personal disappointment, abandoning his own absorbing
affairs, and devoting his whole attention to the unfortunate
exigency which Lorne dragged out of his breast, in pure
manfulness, to lay before him.
However, they came to the end of it, arriving at the same
time at the door which led up the stairs to the office
of Fulke, Warner, and Murchison.
"Thank you," said Lorne. '"Thank you. Oh, I dare say it
will come all right in the course of time. You return to
England, I suppose--or do you?--before you go in with
Milburn?"
"I sail next week," said Hesketh, and a great relief shot
into the face of his companion. "I have a good deal to
see to over there. I shan't get back much before June,
I fancy. And--I must tell you--I am doing the thing very
thoroughly. This business of naturalizing myself, I mean.
I am going to marry that very charming girl--a great
friend of yours, by the way, I know her to be--Miss
Milburn.
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