He tried to reason with the angry man.
“Is there any need for this violence, Theodosius? I think I have served you well.”
“What monies I owe you,” said the young baronet, “will be sent to your bankers. I wish to have no communication with you. And if I see you in the grounds of Leppard Hall my keepers will turn you off as if you were a vagabond.”
Lucius Delaunay smiled sadly.
“You talk of Laura being romantical. You are ranting like a play-actor. Doing it, I think, to hide an uneasy conscience, Theodosius. Well, there is nothing for me to do but go. When Laura is of age and her own mistress perhaps I shall seek her acquaintance again.”
“I should have thought, sir, that if you had a sparkle of pride you would have been gone by now.”
“I have not so much pride but that I ask that I may
