CHAPTER XIV 124 spot on each cheek.
" Come in," he said. " I ' ve been thinking about you all morning."
" I ' ve been thinking about you, too," answered Mary. " You don ' t know how frightened Martha is. She says Mrs. Medlock will think she told me about you and then she will be sent away."
He frowned. " Go and tell her to come here," he said. " She is in the next room."
Mary went and brought her back. Poor Martha was shaking in her shoes. Colin was still frowning.
" Have you to do what I please or have you not?" he demanded. " I have to do what you please, sir," Martha faltered, turning quite red. " Has Medlock to do what I please?" " Everybody has, sir," said Martha.
" Well, then, if I order you to bring Miss Mary to me, how can Medlock send you away if she finds it out?"
" Please don ' t let her, sir," pleaded Martha.
" I ' ll send her away if she dares to say a word about such a thing," said Master Craven grandly. " She wouldn ' t like that, I can tell you."
" Thank you, sir," bobbing a curtsy, " I want to do my duty, sir."
" What I want is your duty," said Colin more grandly still. " I ' ll take care of you. Now go away."