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"I'm not very musical, you know, but I've joined the glee society, because it's an excuse for meeting." And, certainly, of all the houses in Dornton where these meetings were held, Dr Hunt's was the favourite. Mrs Hunt was so amiable and pleasant, the tea was so excellent, and the conversation of a most superior flavour.
You were only a little toddling child then, Delia, and yet it seemed a short while before we began to be friends; and" holding out his hand to her "we've been friends ever since, haven't we? So, you see, I ought not to be ungrateful to Dornton." "And now," added Delia, with an effort, "there is Anna, your grandchild; perhaps you will make her famous, though you wouldn't be famous yourself."
Being provided with the necessary pass and "transportation," he soon reached the camp. "Tom Somers! Tom Somers!" shouted several of his comrades, as soon as they recognized him. "Three cheers for Tom Somers!" shouted Bob Dornton. The soldier boy was a favorite in the company, and his return was sufficient to justify such a proceeding. The cheers, therefore, were given with tremendous enthusiasm.
"But was he not also one of yours?" said Randolph bluntly. "I think I told you I was the friend of the boy and of poor Paquita, the boy's mother," said Miss Avondale quietly. "I never saw Captain Dornton but twice." Randolph noticed that she had not said "wife," although in her previous confidences she had so described the mother.
Morsfield sprang to Weyburn's place. That was witnessed by Aminta and Weyburn. She stepped to consult him. He said to the earl's coachman a young fellow with a bright eye for orders 'Drive as fast as you can pelt for Dornton. I'm doing my lord's commands. 'Trust yourself to me, madam. His hand stretched for Aminta to mount. She took it without a word and climbed to the seat.
"This child was older, and her hair shone like gold. I feel sure it was Prissy's daughter." Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide. Milton. While this went on at Dornton, Anna was getting nearer and nearer to her new home.
"I have often asked; but, you know I told you, Delia, Aunt Sarah never likes me to go to Dornton." "Then you mean to give it up, I suppose," said Delia, coldly. "If I'm staying with Aunt Sarah, I suppose I ought to do as she wishes," said Anna; "but, of course, I shan't give it up entirely. She doesn't wish me to do that."
"I suppose I shall," she returned, with an odd lapse to her former gravity and submissiveness. "That's what they all tell me." "You will be independent and your own mistress," he added. "Independent," she repeated impatiently, "with Dornton Hall and twenty thousand a year! Independent, with every duty marked out for me!
Dingwall informed him that Miss Avondale had sailed for England with the Dornton family, he was more conscious of a loss in the stranger girl's departure. "I suppose Miss Avondale takes charge of of the boy, sir?" he said quietly. Mr. Dingwall gave him a quick glance. "Possibly. Sir William has behaved with great er consideration," he replied briefly.
It seemed a long time coming, however, and she had made a good many false starts, grasping her rugs and umbrella, before there was an unmistakable shout of "Dornton!" She got out and looked up and down the platform, but it was easy to see that Mrs Forrest was not there.
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