I reckon Mr. Westerfelt knows all about it."
"Well, he won't think any the less of you if he does," said Mrs. Floyd.
"He looks like a born gentleman to me. You will never see a man like
him turning against a girl for something she can't help. You ought not
to say your parents were not honorable; they may have left you,
thinking it would be best for you. We were considered pretty well off
then."
Harriet made no reply for several minutes, and then she said:
"I think Mr. Westerfelt is the best man I ever knew, but he must be
like his father some, and he told me that his father, who was a captain
in the army, refused to ever see his daughter again who married the son
of his overseer. She moved to Texas, and died out there. Mother, the
legitimate daughter of an overseer would stand higher in any Southern
community than--" At this point a sob broke in her voice, and the girl
could go no further. Mrs. Floyd rose and kissed her on the cheek. "I
see," she said, "that as long as you keep talking about this you will
search and search for something to worry about.
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