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... CHAPTER XXIII. "Chi fa ingiuria non perdona mai." Italian Peoverb FINALLY General Cobbe decided to go to Switzerland, and they made arrangements to leave the Larches about the middle of July. They stopped one night in town " en route," and Anthony came to dine with them He was certainly much improved, and seemed to have grown, at any rate he had a more developed air, and it was evident that he was doing his best to make up for lost opportunities. He said he had no idea where his mother was. "Somewhere in the Tyrol I fancy, but she never writes." He sat pulling Gyp's ears thoughtfully, who was to stay with him while Meg was abroad, and then he made Meg laugh over his doings with Janet. "Takes such awful care of a chap don't you know, and bless you I can't make her believe I'm as hard as nails.--She wants to give me porridge in the morning, and will stick to it that I must wear all sorts of flannel things. And what a one she is for cleaning! The wonder is there's a scrap of paint left to scrub. I fancy she misses my uncle a good bit.--I know others do; why there's always some poor soul on the doorstep wanting to know when the doctor will be back! He didn't want to go one bit!" Anthony said at the finish; "he hates being idle." Meg asked no questions about Dr. Torre, all her interest seemed to be centred on Anthony himself. When he left the General's sitting room that night and went down the broad hotel stairs Anthony caught sight of Peter Mariston. There was a smart restaurant attached to the hotel, and Peter had evidently been dining there. Both men evaded a recognition, but it cost Tony Hudson a good deal to pass on and walk out of the hotel so unconcernedly. He still loved his mother tenderly, and he had scarcely realised till now how much he had felt th...
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