The Mountain Girl by Emma Payne Erskine Chapter 32 Page 1

N WHICH CASSANDRA BRINGS THE HEIR OF DANESHEAD CASTLE BACK TO HER HILLTOP, AND THE SHADOW LIFTS

“Cassandry Merlin, whar did you drap from?” cried the Widow Farwell, as she looked up from the supper she was preparing at the great fireplace, and saw her daughter in the doorway with her baby. Her old face radiated light and warmth and love as she took them both in her arms. “Whar’s David?”

Cassandra smiled wearily, returning her mother’s kiss and yielding her the baby. “You’ll have to be satisfied with me and little son, mother. David was still in Africa, so I came home again.” She spoke as if a trip to England were a casual little matter, and this was all the explanation she gave that night. “I got the hotel carriage to bring me up from the station.”