CHAPTER VII.

DISCLOSURES.

How to conquer a hard lesson—Can and can’t—An important lesson—Clinton’s great mistake—His miserable position—The social party—Master Eaton and Mrs. Preston—Inquiries about Jerry—Unpleasant discoveries—A mystery—Suspicions—Foreboding of evil—Clinton’s guilt betrayed—Shame and grief—A request—The confession—Master Eaton’s opinion of the case—His advice—Jerry’s perplexity, 101