He felt that they owed her very
much, and that she held the balance of power through her influence
over the negroes; and yet he was incensed that she was not meek and
submissive as a young woman should be under all circumstances. An
angry spot burned in each of Mrs. Baron's cheeks, for she felt that
Miss Lou's conduct reflected very unfavorably on her bringing up.
She was so scandalized and vexed that she could scarcely think of
anything else. Mrs. Whately was all deprecation and apology, trying
to pour oil on the troubled waters in every way, while her son was
as savagely angry at himself as he had been at poor Aun' Jinkey and
her grandson.
Most fortunately the main feature in the case remained undiscovered.
The fact that a Union scout had been hidden and permitted to depart
would have been another bombshell, and the consequences of its
explosion would have been equally hard to predict or circumscribe.
As it was, Miss Lou and Aun' Jinkey received a certain remorseful
sympathy which they would have forfeited utterly had the truth been
revealed.
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