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Heronspey was at length happy in the knowledge that he had made his peace with Pamela. There had been a good deal to explain, and a good many questions to ask and answer, but they were finished at length, and there was an opportunity now of examining the less personal side of the problem. It was here that Lyston came into the discussion, and advised as to what was the next step in the complicated drama.
"We shall have to move slowly," he said. "You see what I am driving at, Heronspey? Before very long, I hope you will have your daughter under your own roof again. How you are going to explain to your neighbours and tenants, I don't know, but that is no business of mine. You must make up some story concerning an estrangement which lasted over half a century and--oh, well, we have more important things to think of than that. Then there is your great-granddaughter."