Perhaps the only inmate of the house who did not like Dilâl was Mrs. Fane, who was a person of prejudices, and who continued to have "creeps."
Bobby, who had an admiration for the Hindu, was rather troubled at his mother's feeling, which she took no trouble to hide from him.
On one occasion, when Dilâl accidently brushed against Mrs. Fane's dress in passing, Bobby saw his mother pull it hastily away with an expression of annoyance, and, coming to her, whispered,
"You still have creeps, don't you, Mamma?"
"Oh, hush, Bobby!" the lady said; "what a child you are!"
But Bobby watched her whenever Dilâl was in the room; he wanted to understand. Another person who noticed Mrs. Fane's aversion to the Hindu, was her husband.
"I really wish, Maysie, you'd try and
