Gore and asked about
the letter.
"It is a trump card," she said. "I am glad you spoke about it. I was
wondering how it could be used to the best advantage. Mr. Strathmore
talks about its being a private letter, but I have a shrewd suspicion
that he wouldn't mind if somebody else used it. Come in to-morrow about
five, and we'll talk it over."
Maurice Wynne was naturally not entirely at home in this sort of a
gathering. He had not overcome his shyness and want of familiarity with
social usages, so that he was especially relieved when he found himself
comfortably seated in a corner with Mrs. Herman, to whom he could talk
freely.
"Isn't there something that can be done for Phil, Mrs. Herman?" he
asked earnestly. "I haven't seen him since I left the Clergy House. I
had to come away without saying good-by to him, and in answer to my
letter he says that Father Frontford advises him not to see me for the
present."
Mrs. Herman sighed, playing with her fan.
"Life is hard for a nature like his," answered she. "He is born to be a
martyr. He has the martyr temperament. It's part of our inheritance
from Puritanism, I suppose.
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