"But thee calls thyself Carter?" he finally said.
"Soon after I was saved," was the reply, "an aunt on the mother's
side died, and left her property to me, on condition that I should
take her name. I was tired of my own then, and to give it up
seemed only like losing my former self; but I should like to have
it back again now."
"Wonderful are the ways of the Lord, and past finding out!" said
the old man. "Come home with me, Richard,--come for my sake, for
there is a concern on my mind until all is clear between us. Or,
stay,--will thee walk home with Asenath, while I go with Moses?"
"Asenath?"
"Yes. There she goes, through the gate. Thee can easily overtake
her. I 'm coming, Moses!"--and he hurried away to his son's
carriage, which was approaching.
Asenath felt that it would be impossible for her to meet Richard
Hilton there. She knew not why his name had been changed; he had
not betrayed his identity with the young man of his story; he
evidently did not wish it to be known, and an unexpected meeting
with her might surprise him into an involuntary revelation of the
fact.
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