She had been surprised at the reminiscent affection with which he had
spoken of his little godson. But there is a great difference between an
attractive baby-child of three and a forward, spoilt, undersized boy of
twelve. About a week ago, while they were enjoying a delicious little
dinner in the Berkeley Hotel grill-room, he had said:--"Although of
course none of them know it, for the present at any rate, Master Timmy is
my heir; if I were to die to-night Timmy Tosswill would become a very
well-to-do young gentleman!"
Even at the time they had been uttered, the careless words had annoyed
Enid Crofton; and now the recollection of them made her feel quite angry.
All her life long money had played a great part in this very pretty
woman's inmost thoughts.
CHAPTER VI
Betty Tosswill sat up in bed and told herself that it was Friday morning.
Then she remembered what it was that was going to happen to-day.
It was something that she had thought, deep in her heart, would never
happen. Godfrey Radmore was coming back--coming back into her life, and
into all their lives. Though everything seemed just the same as when he
had left Old Place, everything was different, both in a spiritual and
material sense.
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