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Now she had just observed that on the left buttock of every one of them were marked in distinct red letters the initials 'E. S. 'E. S. could bring to Cytherea's mind only one thought; but that immediately and for ever the name of her lover, Edward Springrove. 'O, if it should be ! She interrupted her words by a resolve.
They soon reached the quiet old inn, which had been selected for them by the forethought of the man who loved her well. Here they installed themselves for the night, arranging to go to Budmouth by the first train the next day. At this hour Edward Springrove was fast approaching his native county on the wheels of the night-mail. Manston had evidently resolved to do nothing in a hurry.
'Why, surely you know? Your friend, Farmer Springrove, the cider-maker, and who keeps the Three Tranters Inn; who recommended you to me when he came in to see me the other day? Cytherea's mother-wit suddenly warned her in the midst of her excitement that it was necessary not to betray the secret of her love. 'O yes, she said, 'of course. Her thoughts had run as follows in that short interval:
Let us be brave, Edward, and live out our few remaining years with dignity. They will not be long. O, I hope they will not be long!... Now, good-bye, good-bye! 'I wish I could be near and touch you once, just once, said Springrove, in a voice which he vainly endeavoured to keep firm and clear.
'What has Manston shown you in proof of the death of his other wife? Tell me quick. 'Nothing we have never spoken of the subject. Where is my brother Owen? I want him, I want him! 'He is coming by-and-by. Come to the station to meet him do, implored Springrove. 'If Mr.
At breakfast time, just as Cytherea had again seen the postman pass without bringing her an answer to the advertisement, as she had fully expected he would do, Owen entered the room. 'Well, he said, kissing her, 'you have not been alarmed, of course. Springrove told you what I had done, and you found there was no train? 'Yes, it was all clear. But what is the lameness owing to?
Owen noticed that his sister's face had become crimson. Rather oddly they met Springrove again in a few minutes.
Manston. A tall man who would have looked extremely handsome had he not been clumsily and closely wrapped up in garments that were much too elderly in style for his years, stood at the corner of the quiet square at the same instant, having, too, alighted from a cab, that had been driven along Old Street in Edward's rear. He smiled confidently when Springrove knocked. Nobody came to the door.
Edward Springrove was in London, attending to the duties of his new office, and it had become known throughout the neighbourhood of Carriford that the engagement between himself and Miss Adelaide Hinton would terminate in marriage at the end of the year.
The rector from one, Springrove from the other, came striding across the barton. Edward was nearest, and spoke first. He said in a low voice: 'Your sister is not legally married! His first wife is still living! How it comes out I don't know! 'O, here you are at last, Mr. Graye, thank Heaven! said the rector breathlessly.
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