If you consider it worth the winning, be patient.
Trust a little to my sagacity. Wait and see what happens. Moreover,
I understand from Dillon that you are in no condition to take so
long a journey. He thinks the air of the coast would be the worst
thing possible for you; that you ought to go inland, if anywhere.
Be advised by me. Be advised by Dillon.
XIV.
TELEGRAMS.
September 1, 1872.
1. - TO EDWARD DELANEY.
Letter received. Dillon be hanged. I think I ought to be on the
ground.
J. F.
2. - TO JOHN FLEMMING.
Stay where you are. You would only complicated matters. Do not move
until you hear from me.
E. D.
3. - TO EDWARD DELANEY.
My being at The Pines could be kept secret. I must see her.
J. F.
4. - TO JOHN FLEMMING.
Do not think of it. It would be useless. R. W. D. has locked M. in
her room. You would not be able to effect and interview.
E. D.
5. - TO EDWARD DELANEY.
Locked her in her room. Good God. That settles the question. I
shall leave by the twelve-fifteen express.
J. F.
XV.
THE ARRIVAL.
On the second day of September, 1872, as the down express, due at
3.40, left the station at Hampton, a young man, leaning on the
shoulder of a servant, whom he addressed as Watkins, stepped from
the platform into a hack, and requested to be driven to "The
Pines." On arriving at the gate of a modest farm-house, a few miles
from the station, the young man descended with difficulty from the
carriage, and, casting a hasty glance across the road, seemed much
impressed by some peculiarity in the landscape.
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