Will any persuasion of mine induce you to alter your
mind?"
"No; though I thank you for your interest."
And the lawyer left the young man's cell with something like a moan upon
his lips.
CHAPTER IV.
Ulverston Priory.
During his walk from the prison to his office, Mr. Forster was stopped
several times.
"Is this rumor about young Carruthers true?" asked Sir James Hamlyn,
anxiously.
"No," replied the little lawyer, stoutly, "the paragraph is a joke, and
if we can find out the author of it, he will be punished."
"Serve him right. I told Lady Hamlyn there was some absurd mistake. Very
glad to hear it. Good morning."
"Mr. Forster, stop one moment!" cried Major Every; "surely this tale of
Carruthers stealing a watch is all false?"
"False as the foul fiend himself," said the little man, in a rage.
"I knew it--I said so. Young men with twenty thousand a year do not
steal. A likely story! What does it mean, then?"
"Some one who owes him an ill-turn has played this sorry jest upon him;
but we shall pay him."
"He deserves transportation. I do not know a nobler young fellow in all
the world than Basil Carruthers." A fashionable carriage was standing at
his office door when he reached it.
"The Countess of Northdown waiting to see you, sir," said the clerk.
Entering his private room he saw a lovely lady, fashionably attired, who
greeted him with exquisite grace.
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