Then he looked southward toward the busy heart of
the town, where multitudes were.
"Let's go down and see what time it is by the court-house-clock,"
said Penrod.
CHAPTER X. CONSCIENCE
Mrs. Schofield had been away for three days, visiting her sister
in Dayton, Illinois, and on the train, coming back, she fell into
a reverie. Little dramas of memory were reenacted in her pensive
mind, and through all of them moved the figure of Penrod as a
principal figure, or star. These little dramas did not present
Penrod as he really was, much less did they glow with the
uncertain but glamorous light in which Penrod saw himself. No;
Mrs. Schofield had indulged herself in absence from her family
merely for her own pleasure, and, now that she was homeward
bound, her conscience was asserting itself; the fact that she had
enjoyed her visit began to take on the aspect of a crime.
She had heard from her family only once during the three
days--the message "All well don't worry enjoy yourself"
telegraphed by Mr. Schofield, and she had followed his
suggestions to a reasonable extent.
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