"Won't I just!" growled Job. "I'll get some more money out of her and cut the country. No, I won't." Here he sniffed the petroleum. "I'll try that game first. The Gentiles chuck me; the Romany won't have me! There ain't nothing but that," he sniffed again, "for poor Job!" And he swore. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS. Geoffrey was at Hollyoaks when Mr. Cass arrived home. He had come over simply to see Ruth, never dreaming that any further revelations about the case awaited him. But his host lost no time, and at once invited him and Neil Webster into the library. There he left them for a moment while he went upstairs to see his daughter and tell her that all was well with her aunt. "You need not trouble your head, my dear," he said. "Your aunt got that pocket-book from Job, who"--here, for obvious reasons, he suppressed the truth--"who picked it up on the road. Now, is your mind at rest?" "Completely." She kissed her father fondly. "But Geoffrey! I sent down to say that I was ill; he will be disappointed." "I will speak to him. Meanwhile try and get some sleep. You can see him another time." In this way he managed to set her mind at rest; then he returned to the library to have the matter out with the two young men. He found a letter lying on the table, and, making some excuse, opened it at once; for he had become so accustomed now to the occurrence of unforeseen events that the sight of an envelope addressed in an unknown hand made him anxious lest it should bring some new element of trouble. "Ah, Neil," he said, as he ran his eyes over the contents, "this is from the prison chaplain. Your mother wishes to see me." "Can't I go with you?" asked the young man, rousing himself. "I think not. She told you to keep away, and it is only right that you should obey her. To-morrow I will go up; and when I return you shall know all that has passed between us. Meantime, I have a painful story to tell you and Geoffrey. "Oh!" said Heron, quickly. "More about this case?" "Yes: I think we are getting near the truth now. I have made several important discoveries. By the way, Geoffrey, Ruth will see you to-morrow; she is not very well--in fact, she had rather a severe shock to-day." "This confounded case, of course!" remarked Heron, forming his own conclusions; and naturally enough, for his mind was now wholly occupied with Mr. Cass's promised revelation. "Yes; about the case," said Mr. Cass again. "I want you to give me your closest attention. And, first, both of you must promise me to say nothing of what I have told you until I have given you leave. For the matter concerns a member of my family."