CHAPTER LXXXII.
TODD VISITS THE COLONEL
“Well, Tobias,” said Colonel Jeffery, as he entered the pretty, cheerful room into which the now convalescent boy had been removed. “Well, Tobias, how are you now?”
“Much better, sir. Oh, sir,—I—I—”
“What would you say?”
“I feel that when I see you, sir, I ought to say so much to convince you of how truly, and deeply grateful I am to you, and yet I can scarcely ever say a word about it. I pray for your happiness, sir, indeed I do. Your name and my mother’s, and—and Minna Gray’s, are always uttered to God by me.”
“Now, Tobias,” said Colonel Jeffery gravely. “I am quite satisfied that as regards all that has passed, you feel as you ought to feel, and for my own part, I beg you to feel and to know that your saying anything about it only distresses
