Not a word had escaped her at the store about her altered conditions,
neither had she spoken again to her mother regarding her uncle.
Mrs. Marvin told her sadly that he had gone abroad immediately after
arranging the transfer of the $50,000 and settling all the details of
her newly acquired fortune. Faith breathed a sigh of relief, although
she felt sorry for her mother. It was evident that his humiliation was
deep and genuine.
She frequently caught herself wondering about his changed name. He was
born a Courtleigh, yet he had signed himself "Deering."
She decided at last that it was a purely personal matter. Doubtless it
was for some reason which she in her innocence would neither understand
nor approve.
Other things which she could understand were claiming her attention, so
that there was little time to spend in idle conjectures.
She waited eagerly as the days passed by for a word from Maggie Brady
that she was willing to see her.
At last it came, and Faith hurried down to the jail. She had no
difficulty whatever in securing Mr. Denton's permission.
At the first glimpse of Maggie behind prison bars she nearly burst into
a fit of crying. The girl was so haggard and pale that she hardly knew
her.
"I suppose you've come to gloat over me," were the prisoner's first
words, "but it don't matter to me.
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