Don't you think so?'
'Well, with any other man than John Kenyon I should have my doubts,
because, as a fabricator, I don't think I have a very high reputation;
but with John I have no fears whatever. He will believe everything I
say. It is almost a pity to delude so trustful a man, but it's so very
much to his own advantage that I shall have no hesitation in doing it.'
'Then, you will write to him about getting a fit and proper person to
manage the mine?'
'Yes. I don't think there will be any necessity for doing so, but I will
make sure. I imagine John will not leave there until he sees everything
to his satisfaction. He will be very anxious indeed for the mine to prove
the great success he has always believed it to be, even though, at
present, he does not know he is to have any pecuniary interest in its
prosperity.'
'Very well then, I shall bid you good-bye. I may not be here again, but
whenever you hear from Mr. Kenyon, I shall be very glad if you will let
me know.'
'Certainly; I will send you all the documents in the case, as you once
remarked. You always like to see the original papers, don't you?'
'Yes, I suppose I do.' Miss Longworth lingered a moment at the door,
then, looking straight at Wentworth, she said to him, 'You remember you
spoke rather bitterly to my father the other day?'
'Yes,' said Wentworth, colouring; 'I remember it.'
'You are a young man; he is old. Besides that, I think you were entirely
in the wrong.
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