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'I beg to let your cousin know that it is not so with my consent, nor, as far as I can understand at present, with the consent of Mr Montague himself. 'Mamma! 'Paul Montague! ejaculated Roger Carbury. 'The consent of Paul Montague! I think I may take upon myself to say that there can be no doubt as to that. 'There has been a quarrel, said Lady Carbury.
When her reason has bade her to condemn him, her heart will not let her carry out the sentence. Mr Broune never now thought of kissing Lady Carbury; but when she spoke thus, he got up and took her hand, and she, as she pressed his hand, had no fear that she would be kissed. The feeling between them was changed.
The young baronet had just joined his regiment and did not care to visit his cousin in Suffolk; but Lady Carbury and Henrietta had spent a month there, and everything had been done to make them happy. The effort as regarded Henrietta had been altogether successful. As regarded the widow, it must be acknowledged that Carbury Hall had not quite suited her tastes.
He was intent on considering how he should bestow himself, consulting daily with Roger on the subject, when suddenly Roger had perceived that the young man was becoming attached to the girl whom he himself loved. What then occurred has been told. Not a word was said to Lady Carbury or her daughter of the real cause of Paul's sudden disappearance. It had been necessary that he should go to London.
Mr Broune saw no reason why Lady Carbury should not take advantage of her tickets. These invitations were simply tickets to see the Emperor surrounded by the Princes. The young lady's elopement is 'no affair of yours, Mr Broune had said.
And when such a one leaves your Church and joins our own, it is a great sign to us that the Truth is prevailing. Roger Carbury, without another word, took his candle and went to bed. It was considered to be a great thing to catch the Roman Catholic vote in Westminster. For many years it has been considered a great thing both in the House and out of the House to 'catch' Roman Catholic votes.
"I was left standing alone under the plane-tree, with the thought, that in returning to my room, I might probably meet the restless spirit of Lucretia Carbury. "Nothing of the kind, however, occurred. I passed through the doors that had opened at the touch of Captain Carbury, and I noticed that they closed behind me without any effort on my part.
But as she did this, she determined that she would make John Crumb understand that she would never be his wife. Upon that she was now fully resolved. As she went about the kitchen, taking down the ham and cutting the slices that were to be broiled, and as she trussed the fowl that was to be boiled for John Crumb, she made mental comparisons between him and Sir Felix Carbury.
'He's afraid, Miss Ruggles, that you are trusting yourself to a young man who is not trustworthy. 'I can mind myself very well, Mr Montague. 'Tell me this. Have you seen Sir Felix Carbury since you've been in town? Ruby, whose blushes came very easily, now flushed up to her forehead. 'You may be sure that he means no good to you. What can come of an intimacy between you and such a one as he?
This happened on a Saturday morning, and on that afternoon Roger Carbury rode over to Lowestoft, to a meeting there on church matters at which his friend the bishop presided. After the meeting was over he dined at the inn with half a dozen clergymen and two or three neighbouring gentlemen, and then walked down by himself on to the long strand which has made Lowestoft what it is.
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