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For some time after rejoining the company, Florence was so busy with her thoughts that she paid little attention to what was going on about her. She was aroused from her abstraction by a sharp voice: "Don't you think Captain Hornaby is a very handsome young man?" Florence looked and found that her questioner was Lady Elfrida Hastings, the only sister of the Earl.
No, take Florence, and let her hunt up Captain Hornaby, her recreant lover, if he was one. She says they 'understood' each other, but it's evident none of us comprehended I came near saying apprehended him." "I will speak to father about it," said Quincy. "Please tell him that I'll call at his office to-morrow morning. Give my love to Florence. I won't trouble her about it until I've seen father."
She confessed her interest in him and said that notwithstanding his crime she loved him, but that her father would never forgive him. "What part of England did he come from?" asked Aunt Ella. "He said from Hornaby that the place was named after his family. Their home was called Hornaby Hook, because, as he said, it was built upon a promontory in the form of a hook." "What is his father's name?"
Harry thought to himself that he would be willing to swim ashore with such a "responsibility" in his arms. Maude turned to the Captain: "Can you swim, Captain Hornaby?" "Of course, Miss Maude. We Englishmen are all sea dogs, don't you know?" "But Englishmen are drowned sometimes," said Maude. "How about Admiral Kempenfelt and the Royal George?
She told Florence where Hornaby Hook was, and that the Hornaby family was a fine one, and that Sir Wilfred was held in the highest respect by everybody, but did not mention Linda's suggestion of a visit, and a possible explanation. She knew Florence would not accompany her if there was any possibility of her meeting the Captain.
I'm glad you told me the whole story, for I think I see a way to overcome his objections." The visit to Mrs. Captain Hornaby was paid, and Maude Sawyer was obliged to kiss and be kissed by her brother-in-law. "You didn't win the canoe race," said Maude, "but you were determined to have that kiss and so you married Florence;" but her sister was not present when she made the remark.
The next morning, Captain Hornaby went to London in search of Colonel Spencer. He visited his clubs, and, because it was necessary, many of the gambling places, but his quest was fruitless. As a last resort he went to the War Office and learned that the Colonel had sailed the day before to join his regiment in India. The Captain reported the failure of his mission to Florence.
I shall name this," and he pointed to the pond, "Florence Lake after my eldest daughter. What do you think of Captain Hornaby?" Quincy hesitated "He's a typical Englishman healthy, hearty, but with that English conceit that always grates on my nerves." "Are we Americans free from it?" his father asked. "To my mind, conceit is often but the indication of self-conscious power.
"There will be an opportunity for that 'explanation, but you must assume the responsibility if there should be a tragic ending." "We must hope for the best," replied Aunt Ella. "I will gather up the fragments after the explosion." From the expression on Florence's face, when Sir Wilfred Hornaby and Captain Reginald Hornaby were announced as guests, the explosion seemed imminent.
Lady Fernborough more than kept her promise, for in her letter she told the Countess Florence's unhappy love story besides asking for information about the Hornaby family. Linda's reply was a revelation. "I was very sorry to hear that Quincy's sister has been so unfortunate in her love affair, and astonished to find that Captain Hornaby is the cause of it.
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