"
"You should have insisted on--"
"On nothing, sir. I am not the man to force a woman to give me a
heart which belongs to another person. I am very glad that Miss
Kendal is engaged to Hope, as he is a capital fellow, and will
make her a better husband than I ever could have made her.
Besides," Random shrugged his shoulders, "one nail drives another
out."
"Humph! That means you love another."
"I am not bound to tell you my private affairs, Professor."
"Quite so: quite so; but Inez is a pretty and romantic name."
"I don't know what you are talking about, sir," said Random
stiffly.
Braddock chuckled, having read the truth in the flush which had
crept over Random's tanned face.
"I ask your pardon," he said elaborately. "I am an old man, and
I was your father's friend. You must not mind if I have been a
trifle inquisitive."
"Say no more, sir: that is all right."
"I don't agree with you, Random. Things are not all right and
never will be until my mummy is discovered. Now you can help
me."
"In what way?" asked the other uneasily.
"With money. Understand, my boy," added the Professor in a
genial way which he knew well how to assume, "I should have
preferred Lucy becoming your wife.
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