But when he got to the window,
Trevelyan was not to be found among the olive trees. Mr Glascock walked
a few steps down the hill, looking for him, but seeing nothing of him,
returned to the house. The elder woman said that her master had not
been there, and Mr Glascock started with his charge. Trevelyan was
manifestly mad, and it was impossible to treat him as a sane man would
have been treated. Nevertheless, Mr Glascock felt much compunction in
carrying the child away without a final kiss or word of farewell from
its father. But it was not to be so. He had got into the carriage with
the child, having the servant seated opposite to him, for he was moved
by some undefinable fear which made him determine to keep the boy close
to him, and he had not, therefore, returned to the driver's seat when
Trevelyan appeared standing by the road-side at the bottom of the hill.
'Would you take him away from me without one word!' said Trevelyan
bitterly.
'I went to look for you, but you were gone,' said Mr Glascock.
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