"You met no further trouble?"

"No."

"I must tell you of my adventure," said Frank.

"I came across the very man whom I most dreaded--the man who made me a
prisoner."

"Since he knows that you have escaped, he is probably on your track,"
said Mrs. Parker. "It will be hardly safe for you to go to Mr.
Wharton's."

"Why?"

"He will probably think you likely to go there, and be lying in wait
somewhere about."

"But I must go to Mr. Wharton," said Frank. "I must tell him this
story."

"It will be safer to write."

"The housekeeper, Mrs. Bradley, or John Wade, will get hold of the
letter and suppress it. I don't want to put them on their guard."

"You are right. It is necessary to be cautious."

"You see I am obliged to call on my grandfather, that is, on Mr.