Let's give each other a fighting chance."
It was signed "Maud Blithers."
CHAPTER XVII
THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
Mr. Blithers received a marconigram from the _Jupiter_ when the ship
was three days out from New York. It was terse but sufficient.
"Have just had a glimpse of Prince Charming. He is very good-looking.
Love to mother. Maud."
He had barely settled into a state of complete satisfaction with
himself over the successful inauguration of a shrewd campaign to get
the better of the recalcitrant Maud and the incomprehensible Robin,
when he was thrown into a panic by the discovery that young Chandler
Scoville had sailed for Europe two days ahead of Maud and her elderly
companion. The gratification of knowing that the two young people had
sailed away on the same vessel was not in the least minimised by
Maud's declaration that she intended to remain in her cabin all the
way across in order to avoid recognition, for he knew her too well to
believe it possible that she could stay out of sight for any length
of time, fair weather or foul.
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