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There was nothing to look out for in that part of the gulf, and Wilmot went round to dodge the squalls under the lee of that chart-room, whose door on that side was open. The night was black, like a barrel of coal-tar. And then he heard a woman's voice whispering to him.
And after breakfast, he put off his departure "until to-morrow or next day," and went to see Mr. and Mrs. Hastings. And what more natural then than that Henrietta should take him to the Villa d'Orsay "to show you how charmingly Del has installed herself." "And perhaps," said Henrietta, "she and Arden Wilmot will go for a drive.
It was a great distress to Ethel it haunted her night and day she lay awake pondering on the vain hopes for her poor children, and slept to dream of the angry faces and rude accusations. Margaret grew quite anxious about her, and her elders were seriously considering the propriety of her continuing her labours at Cocksmoor. Mr. Wilmot would not be at Stoneborough after Christmas.
"It is not what I think, in the absence of proof, but what you think, Flora. What I want you to do is this to consider the matter fairly. Compare him with I'll not say with Norman but with Richard, Alan, Mr. Wilmot. Do you think you could rely on him come to him for advice?"
"That is very true, but still he appears to me to be older than the dates warrant." "I think his stating that his sister was named Bess is full corroboration." "It is rather circumstantial evidence, Wilmot: now what do you propose to do?"
But hitherto Barbara had not so much as glanced at him, since she carried her lovely head very high, and looked straight before her as she went. While, as for him, he stood upon the stumps of his legs, a gigantic sort of dwarf, beneath the notice of the proud-eyed and the tall. Wilmot passed out of the place in deep thought; not even the pretty girls plaiting straw won a glance from him.
"Me and Harry," said he, "is going down to the sea swimming." "Please give Harry my best wishes, Bubbles." The great eyes held hers for a minute and were turned away. He was sharp enough to know that through one of his idols the other had been hurt. And he found the knowledge sorrowful and heavy. "I'll do that," he said solemnly. That afternoon Wilmot Allen drove Barbara down to Meadowbrook.
Crane’s and for the first time in her life Julia was not much pleased to see him. He, however, rose ten per cent in her estimation when she saw the familiar and cordial manner with which Dr. Lacey treated him. They talked as though they were old and dear friends. After Mr. Wilmot had left, Dr. Lacey said, "Why, that Wilmot is a remarkably intelligent man and very agreeable." Then turning to Mrs.
"Well," observed the Major, after they had walked about an hour without speaking, "I don't know what your thoughts may have been all this while, but it has occurred to me, that a party of pleasure may be carried to too great lengths; and I think that I have been very selfish, in persuading Wilmot to undergo all that we have undergone and are likely to undergo, merely because I wished to shoot a giraffe."
"He must have known that at Winchester, and yet he avoided me there," answered Margaret Wilmot; "he must have known it when he refused to see me in Portland Place. He will refuse to see me to-day, if I ask for an interview with him. My only chance will be the chance of an accidental meeting with Him. Do you think that you can arrange this for me, Mr. Austin?"
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