THE BURNT BARN
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But there was no hesitation in Mr. Victor Peytral. Plainly he feared nothing, and he was going home.
"Very well, then," I heard Hewitt say as they turned towards us, "perhaps we had better go on slowly and let my friend cut across the fields first to break the news. Brett—I knew you would be useful, sooner or later."
And so I hurried off, with the happy though delicate mission to restore both father and lover to Miss Claire Peytral.
