Chapter-14 Melly! Melly! cried Maybelle, joy in her voice, Rene is safe! And Ashley, too! Oh, thank God! The shawl had slipped from her shoulders and her condition was most obvious but, for once, neither she nor Mrs. Merriwether cared.

Melly! Melly! cried Maybelle, joy in her voice, Rene is safe! And Ashley, too! Oh, thank God! The shawl had slipped from her shoulders and her condition was most obvious but, for once, neither she nor Mrs. Merriwether cared.