Forgetfulness and selfishness
prevail as a rule."
"What are we to do?"
"Will you leave the decision with me?"
"Certainly."
"We will guard against a robbery, and in the meantime I will hunt up
this young man Donetti; if he is in New York I will find him."
Mrs. Frewen meditated a few moments in turn and then said:
"I do not know as I wish to renew his acquaintance, especially as he has
probably become a criminal."
Oscar smiled, but the smile on his face vanished as he caught an
expression on the face of the niece Alice as she said:
"Aunty, we have no reason to assume that Al--I mean the young man has
become a criminal."
The girl started to say Alphonse but checked herself and said, "the
young man."
Oscar was a regular mind-reader, and he remarked in a tone indicating a
forgetfulness that the question had once been answered:
"So you never had the pleasure of seeing this young man, Miss Alice?"
The girl blushed and appeared restless and uneasy as she answered:
"No.
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