When he came downstairs the next morning, he found elaborate
accounts of the accident in the papers, and learned that Grimes had
nothing worse than a scalp wound and a severe shock. Even so, he
felt it was incumbent upon him to pay a visit of inquiry, and rode
over shortly before lunch.
Laura Hegan came down to see him, wearing a morning gown of white.
She confirmed the good news of the papers, and said that her uncle
was resting quietly. (She did not say that his physician had come
post-haste, with two nurses, and taken up his residence in the
house, and that the poor old millionaire was denied even his graham
crackers and milk). Instead she said that he had mentioned
Montague's kindness particularly, and asked her to thank him.
Montague was cynical enough to doubt this.
It was the first time that he had ever had any occasion to talk with
Miss Hegan. He noticed her gentle and caressing voice, with the
least touch of the South in it; and he was glad to find that it was
possible for her to talk without breaking the spell of her serene
and noble beauty.
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