And I take this gentleman to witness, to whom, no doubt,
you have imparted what you call your wrongs" (the doctor smiled, and
shrugged his shoulders) "that now you are paid."
"A widow--a poor, lonely, insulted widow!" cries the Campaigner, with
trembling hands taking possession of the notes.
"And I wish to know," I continued, "when my friend's house will be free
to him, and he can return in peace."
Here Rosa's voice was heard from the inner apartment, screaming, "Mamma,
mamma!"
"I go to my child, sir," she said. "If Captain Mackenzie had been alive,
you would not have dared to insult me so." And carrying off her money,
she left us.
"Cannot she be got out of the house?" I said to the doctor. "My friend
will never return until she leaves it. It is my belief she is the cause
of her daughter's present illness."
"Not altogether, my dear sir. Mrs. Newcome was in a very, very delicate
state of health. Her mother is a lady of impetuous temper, who expresses
herself very strongly--too strongly, I own.
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