Chapter13

#Chapter13

/"I LOVE JESSIE BAIN WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!/"

Mrs. Varrick started back with a low cry.

/"Is it you, Hubert?/"

/"Yes; but upon my honor, mother, you don't seem overglad to see me./"

/"I thought you were to have been gone a fortnight./"

/"I succeeded in getting the business attended to much more speedily than you thought it could be done. I did not make any visits, as I was anxious to get home. But, mother, how white and ill you look!/" he added.

/"I am quite well, but I have been suffering from a nervous headache, Hubert,/" she answered.

/"By the way,/" he said suddenly, /"I did not forget to bring a few little souvenirs home with me,/" and as he spoke he drew two small velvet cases from his pocket, one of which he handed his mother, retaining the other in his hand.

Opening it, Mrs. Varrick found that it contained a magnificent diamond bracelet.