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At last Mrs Trevelyan went away with the child. Hugh felt that he ought
to go, but stayed courageously. He thought he could perceive that Nora
suspected the cause of his assiduity; but it was quite evident that Mrs
Outhouse did not do so. Mrs Outhouse, having reconciled herself to the
young man, was by no means averse to his presence. She went on talking
about the wickedness of Trevelyan, and her brother's anger, and the
fate of the little boy, till at last the little boy's mother came back
into the room. Then Mrs Outhouse went. They must excuse her for a few
minutes, she said. If only she would have gone a few minutes sooner,
how well her absence might have been excused. Nora understood it all
now; and though she became almost breathless, she was not surprised,
when Hugh got up from his chair and asked her sister to go away. 'Mrs
Trevelyan,' he said, 'I want to speak a few words to your sister, I
hope you will give me the opportunity.'
'Nora!' exclaimed Mrs Trevelyan.
'She knows nothing about it,' said Hugh.


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