And then they held their heads erect and walked confidently down the
road their future sovereign had traversed before them.
When Mrs. Gaston joined Robin and Bedelia at the table which had been
set for them in the _salle a manger_, she laid several letters before
the girl who picked them up instantly and glanced at the
superscription on each.
"I think that all of them are important," said Mrs. Gaston
significantly. The smile on the girl's face had given way to a
clouded brow. She was visibly perturbed.
"You will forgive me, Mr. Schmidt," she said nervously. "I must
look at them at once."
He tried not to watch her face as she read what appeared to be a
brief and yet evidently important letter, but his rapt gaze was not
to be so easily managed. An exclamation of annoyance fell from her
lips.
"This is from a friend in Paris, Mr. Schmidt," she said, hesitatingly.
Then, as if coming to a quick decision: "My father has heard that I am
carrying on atrociously with a strange young man. It seems that it is
a _new_ young man.
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