He would
even assume the authoritative, and send him away to his studies, but
Robert knew how to hold his own. The relation of elder brother and
younger was already established between them. Shargar likewise took
his share in the love and the fellowship, worshipping in that he
believed.
CHAPTER X.
A FATHER AND A DAUGHTER.
The presence at the street door of which Ericson's over-acute sense
had been aware on a past evening, was that of Mr. Lindsay, walking
home with bowed back and bowed head from the college library, where
he was privileged to sit after hours as long as he pleased over
books too big to be comfortably carried home to his cottage. He had
called to inquire after Ericson, whose acquaintance he had made in
the library, and cultivated until almost any Friday evening Ericson
was to be found seated by Mr. Lindsay's parlour fire.
As he entered the room that same evening, a young girl raised
herself from a low seat by the fire to meet him. There was a faint
rosy flush on her cheek, and she held a volume in her hand as she
approached her father. They did not kiss: kisses were not a legal
tender in Scotland then: possibly there has been a depreciation in
the value of them since they were.
'I've been to ask after Mr. Ericson,' said Mr. Lindsay.
'And how is he?' asked the girl.
'Very poorly indeed,' answered her father.
'I am sorry. You'll miss him, papa.'
'Yes, my dear. Tell Jenny to bring my lamp.
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