Next month the books will be
out--"Neutral Ground," and "Hubert Reed." Mortimer said he was
sure these were the only ones that would pay for themselves. But
we shall see. He may alter his opinion when my article has been
read.'
'Read it to us now, Jasper, will you?' asked Dora.
The request was supported by Whelpdale, and Jasper needed no
pressing. He seated himself so that the lamplight fell upon the
pages, and read the article through. It was an excellent piece of
writing (see The Wayside, June 1884), and in places touched with
true emotion. Any intelligent reader would divine that the author
had been personally acquainted with the man of whom he wrote,
though the fact was nowhere stated. The praise was not
exaggerated, yet all the best points of Reardon's work were
admirably brought out. One who knew Jasper might reasonably have
doubted, before reading this, whether he was capable of so
worthily appreciating the nobler man.
'I never understood Reardon so well before,' declared Whelpdale,
at the close. 'This is a good thing well done. It's something to
be proud of, Miss Dora.
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