The
walls seemed papered with the faces of Bob Grand and Roberta Grand. He
was haunted by them.
At daybreak he arose, without a single instant of sleep behind him.
His mind was made up to one purpose. He could not stay in the same
house with Roberta Grand.
Before going in to breakfast at eight o'clock, one of the young men in
the party of the night before asked the clerk at the desk if Mr.
Jenison had come down.
"Mr. Jenison left by the morning stage, Mr. Scott. He had a letter
calling him back to Jenison Hall. Something very important, sir. He
left a note for Miss Beaumont, I believe, to tell her he can't be back
in time for the trip to Natural Bridge."
CHAPTER II
THE STRANGER AT THE HALL
The letter that called David to Jenison Hall came, by curious
coincidence, at a most opportune time. He had decided to leave the
Springs within a day or two, cutting short his proposed stay of a
month almost at its beginning. The advent of Roberta Grand, heretofore
an unknown quantity, brought with it new and unpleasant complications.
Her revelations disturbed him, her attitude angered and disgusted him.
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