and
Mrs. Sherwood to Edinburgh, and their modest living there for a
few weeks. There was not enough money in hand to pay a third
passage and the expenses of a third person in Scotland, until the
court business should be settled.
Mr. Sherwood had already taken Mr. Bludsoe, the lawyer, into his
confidence. He could make arrangements through him to mortgage
the cottage if it became absolutely necessary. He shrank from
accepting financial help from Mrs. Sherwood's relatives in
Memphis.
Besides, decision must be made immediately. Plans must be made
almost overnight. They must start within forty-eight hours to
catch a certain steamer bound for the Scotch port of Glasgow, as
Mr. Sherwood had already found out. And all their questions
resolved finally into this very important one:
"WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT NAN?"
Nan, in her little white bed, had no idea that she was the
greatest difficulty her parents found in this present event. It
never entered her busy mind that Papa Sherwood and Momsey would
dream of going to Scotland without her.
"What shall we do with Nan?" Momsey said over and over again.
She realized as well as did Mr. Sherwood that to take the child
was an utter impossibility. Their financial circumstances, as
well as other considerations would not allow it.
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