I am very tired; some time I will see you again."
So the rector left him, feeling a little disappointed with the result of
his interview. He had hoped that Grey wished to speak with him of
himself, and of his new resolves for the future, when, in fact, it was
only a wish to be reassured of his grandfather's safety, which the boy
possibly doubted a little because he had never united himself with the
church. That Hannah had anything to do with it the rector never
suspected and did not dream of the great gladness in Grey's heart as he
kept repeating to himself:
"She is good, even if she did know. She is a saint, a martyr, an angel;
and I distrusted her; but all my life hereafter I will devote to her by
way of atonement."
It was late in the afternoon when Hannah returned to Grey's Park, and
went up to see her nephew, of whose improved condition she had heard.
"Oh, auntie," he cried, when he saw her. "I am so glad to have you
back;" and Hannah did not guess that the boy had her back in more ways
than one, but she kissed him, and cried over him, and told him how her
heart had ached when she feared she might lose him, and how desolate the
world would be without him, while he told her how much he loved her, and
how he meant to care for her when he was a man, and take her to Europe,
and everywhere.
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