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We must not be too sanguine. That is all. But Hester was very sanguine. When it was fully known that Dick had written to Mr. Seely immediately on his arrival at Pollington, and that he had shown himself to be a warm partisan in the Caldigate interests, she could not rest till she saw him herself, and persuaded Mr. Caldigate to invite him down to Folking.
It seemed to Caldigate as though all the bows and all the arrows had been kept specially for him, as though he was the great toxophilite of the age, whereas no man could have cared less for the amusement than he. He was carried here and was carried there; and then there was a great gathering in their own park at home.
But he would treat his nephew as a son while the nephew seemed to him to merit such treatment. As for the estate, he was not at all sure whether it would not be better for the community at large, and for the Caldigate family in particular, that it should be cut up and sold in small parcels.
'Of course, of course. 'Old Caldigate, too, is very obstinate; but it may be that we should be able to persuade him. He will know that she ought to be with her mother. 'Her poor mother! Her poor mother! And when he comes out of prison? 'Her very nature will have been altered by that time, said the attorney.
Nearly a week passed over their heads at Puritan Grange before anything further was either done or said, or even written, as to the return of John Caldigate to his own home and to his own wife. In the meantime, both Mrs. Robert and Mrs. Daniel had gone out to Folking and made visits of ceremony, visits which were intended to signify their acknowledgment that Mrs. John Caldigate was Mrs.
Then came the morning on which Caldigate and Hester must part. Very little had been said about it, but a word or two had been absolutely necessary. The trial would probably take two days, and it would not be well that he should be brought back to Folking for the sad intervening night.
She wants to come round, and, of course, she has to make the best of it for herself. Tell her from me that I shall be delighted to see her whenever she chooses to come. 'Poor Julia! said Caldigate, laughing. 'Of course you think so, John. That's natural enough. Perhaps I think so too. But what has that to do with it? 'It's rather unfortunate that I know so much about Mr. Smirkie.
These were hardly 'pailfuls'; but gold is an article which adds fervour to the imagination and almost creates a power for romance. Other matters, however, were not running smoothly with John Caldigate at this eventful time.
Seely. But standing patiently at the door, just within the doorway of the house, he met a tall man in dark plain clothes; whom he at once knew to be a policeman. The man, who was aware that Caldigate was a county magistrate, civilly touched his hat, and then, with a few whispered words, expressed his opinion that our hero had better go with him to the mayor's office. Had he a warrant?
'I think it would be better that she should be with me, replied Caldigate. 'Even though your former marriage with that other woman were proved? 'I will not presume that to be possible. Though a jury should so decide, their decision would be wrong. Such an error could not effect us. I will not think of such a thing.
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