so, no matter how I should suffer, do you believe for a moment that I would stand in your way?"[125] [125] And catching her look, Frank replied. "No, Jack, I don't; but I thank you for understanding." There were no letters delivered at Kent House on Sunday, but on each Sunday afternoon one of the men drove over to the post-office, which was open for an hour, and returned with the mail. It was important that Lord Kent should be kept in touch with every situation that arose, as there might be grave and tragic developments in the course of the hours he sometimes spent away from London. As he picked up the mail which was lying on the table in the hall as they entered, Frank extended a letter to his wife. "This is from Bryan, I believe, Jack. Do tell me what he says." They went into the library where Frieda and Olive were already waiting for tea to be served. Jack walked over to the fire and, before taking off her hat, read her letter through quietly. Then she looked up happily. "Bryan says he is all right and sends his love to the family, but more especially to his Lady Vive. He asks us all to write to him oftener if we can manage it, as we are his[126] adopted family and he has no other. Frieda, he says your gift of socks is the most wonderful in all France. I actually believe Bryan is almost having a good time; but if he is not he is awfully brave." [126] Making no effort to conceal her emotion, Jack's eyes suddenly filled with tears. "Gracious, Jack," Frieda exclaimed. "As long as there is nothing the matter with Captain MacDonnell, I wouldn't shed any tears over him. You so seldom cry, it always makes me wretched when you do. I'll bet Jack has never shed any tears over you, Frank." Frieda was not like a kitten in appearance alone. She had also soft little claws with which she scratched a tiny bit now and then. She had been entirely conscious that her brother-in-law considered that she was to blame in a large measure for her trouble with her husband, although he had never said so to her. Yet she had a desire to get a little bit even with him now and then.
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