“We hardly dare hope that he’ll be able to clear Mr. Robinson. The whole case is so mysterious.”

“I’ve given up thinking of it,” Tessie declared. “If it is cleared up, all well and good. If it isn’t⁠—we won’t starve, at any rate, and papa knows we all believe in him.”

“Yes, I suppose it doesn’t do much good to keep talking about it,” agreed Mrs. Robinson. “We’ve gone over it all so thoroughly that there is nothing more to say.”