"Yes, Massa, I have read de letter, and now I knows dat Massa Guy wants
you to see de leddy. Dat alters de case. I has nussin furder to say,"
muttered Dido, as she unlocked the chamber door.
Emily was seated on a sofa, reading a book she had taken with her to
while away the time on board of the steamer.
"Missus, a gemman, who hab brought a letter from Massa Guy," said Dido,
as she opened the door.
"Bring the letter, then," replied Emily, scarcely raising her eyes from
the book.
"No, Missus, de letter am for me, and I hab read it. It orders me to
'mit dis gemman."
"That is sufficient," said Vernon, pushing the attendant back, and
closing the door.
Emily rose; and great was her surprise at perceiving the son of her late
benefactor. An avalanche of doubt rushed through her mind, and she could
not conjecture the occasion of this visit. She had left him at his
father's house. Had he forsaken his new-born repentance? Was he again
the minister of Maxwell's evil purposes? She had been a prey to the most
distressing anticipations, and had now settled down into the calmness of
resignation.
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