He is to see his
father to-morrow morning."
"By agreement?"
"Yes;--by agreement. There is a new trouble,--about money that they
think to be due to me. But I cannot tell you all now. There have been
some words between Mr. Kennedy and papa. But I won't talk about it.
You would find Oswald at Moroni's at any hour before eleven
to-morrow."
"Did he say anything about me?" asked Phineas.
"We mentioned your name certainly."
"I do not ask from vanity, but I want to know whether he is angry
with me."
"Angry with you! Not in the least. I'll tell you just what he said.
He said he should not wish to live even with you, but that he would
sooner try it with you than with any man he ever knew."
"He had got a letter from me?"
"He did not say so;--but he did not say he had not."
"I will see him to-morrow if I can." And then Phineas prepared to go.
"One word, Mr. Finn," said Lady Laura, hardly looking him in the face
and yet making an effort to do so. "I wish you to forget what I said
to you at Loughlinter."
"It shall be as though it were forgotten," said Phineas.
"Let it be absolutely forgotten. In such a case a man is bound to do
all that a woman asks him, and no man has a truer spirit of chivalry
than yourself. That is all. Look in when you can.
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