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I could let you know what he had done, and allay any uneasiness. 'Is the lameness serious, do you know? 'O no; simply from over-walking himself. Still, it was just as well to ride home. Relieved from her apprehensions on Owen's score, she was able slightly to examine the appearance of her informant Edward Springrove who now removed his hat for a while, to cool himself.
She took the strings daintily, and they wound away to the left. For a long time nothing was audible in the boat but the regular dip of the oars, and their movement in the rowlocks. Springrove at length spoke. 'I must go away to-morrow, he said tentatively. 'Yes, she replied faintly. 'To endeavour to advance a little in my profession in London.
'Yes, the Inn and I seem almost a pair of fossils, the farmer replied, looking at the room and then at himself. 'O, Mr. Springrove, said Cytherea, suddenly recollecting herself; 'I am much obliged to you for recommending me to Miss Aldclyffe. She began to warm towards the old man; there was in him a gentleness of disposition which reminded her of her own father. 'Recommending? Not at all, miss.
The carrier paid his dues, came up to Edward, and spoke ten words in a confidential whisper: then sprang upon the shafts of his vehicle, gave a clinching nod of significance to Springrove, and rattled away. Edward turned pale with the intelligence. His first thought was, 'Bring her home! The next did Owen Graye know what had been discovered?
Edward did not like canoes, and the issue was, that, having seen Owen on board, Springrove proposed to pull off after him with a pair of sculls; but not considering himself sufficiently accomplished to do finished rowing before a parade full of promenaders when there was a little swell on, and with the rudder unshipped in addition, he begged that Cytherea might come with him and steer as before.
'You are breaking your heart again about that worthless young Springrove. I knew how it would be. It is as Hallam says of Juliet what little reason you may have possessed originally has all been whirled away by this love. I shan't take this notice, mind. 'Do let me go!
He shuffled the books and papers in his study, and walked about the room, restlessly musing on the same subject. The parlour-maid entered. 'Can young Mr. Springrove from London see you to-night, sir? 'Young Mr. Springrove? said the rector, surprised. 'Yes, sir. 'Yes, of course he can see me. Tell him to come in.
His pride could not endure the pity which Edward's visit and errand tacitly implied. Yet, in the other affair, his heart went with Edward; he was on the same beat for paying off old debts himself. 'Cythie, Mr. Springrove is here, he said, at the foot of the staircase. His sister descended the creaking old steps with a faltering tread, and stood in the firelight from the hearth.
'I am quite easy on that point; the landlady is very friendly. I must go indoors now. Good-night, Mr. Springrove. 'Let me go round to your door with you? he pleaded. 'No, thank you; we live close by. He looked at her as a waiter looks at the change he brings back. But she was inexorable. 'Don't forget me, he murmured. She did not answer. 'Let me see you sometimes, he said.
Anything was better than this absurd doubt in her mind. But he resolved to wait till Sunday, the first day on which he might reckon upon seeing Mrs. Manston without suspicion. In the meantime he wrote to Edward Springrove, requesting him to go again to Mrs. Manston's former lodgings.
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