Tracy would see him.
He had rung at the door of the rear hall, but as no one heard him he
ventured in, as he had sometimes done before, when sent for Jerry if it
rained, and ascending the stairs to the upper hall, knocked two or three
times at Arthur's door, first gently, and then louder as there came no
response.
'He cannot be there, and I must come again,' he thought as he retraced
his steps, reaching the door at the lower end of the hall just as Mrs.
Tracy came up the broad staircase on her way to her room.
As that day wore on, and the next, and the next, Harold began to care
less for Tom's insult, and to think that possibly he had been hasty in
his determination to decline Arthur's assistance, especially as he meant
to pay back every dollar when he was a man. He would at all events wait
a little, he thought, and so had made no further effort to see Mr.
Tracy, when Charles found him, and told he was wanted at the park house.
CHAPTER XXII.
SEARCHING FOR THE DIAMONDS.
They went directly to Mrs. Tracy's room, where they found that lady in a
much higher fever of excitement than when she first discovered her loss.
All the household had assembled in the hall and in her room, except
Arthur, who sat in his library, occasionally stopping to listen to the
sound of the many voices, and to wonder why there was much noise.
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