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The manifold threads of divination that she was perpetually throwing out in Amherst's presence told her, without word or sign on his part, that he also awaited Cicely's birthday as a determining date in their lives. He spoke confidently, and as a matter of course, of Mr.
An English spectator thus describes their arrival: "A lieutenant-colonel came running out of the garrison, making signs at a distance, and bawling out as loud as he could, 'We accept! We accept! He was followed by two others; and they were all conducted to General Amherst's headquarters." At eleven o'clock at night they returned with the articles of capitulation and the following letter:
The President, secluded in his high office, seldom visited the mills, and when there showed no consciousness of any presence lower than Truscomb's; and Amherst's first thought was that, in the manager's enforced absence, he was to be called to account by the head of the firm. But he was affably welcomed by Mr.
Ansell's eyes was to risk giving it a dangerous significance. "Bessy has spoken to me once or twice but I know very little of Mr. Amherst's point of view; except," Justine added, after another moment's weighing of alternatives, "that I believe he suffers most from being cut off from his work at Westmore." "Yes so I think; but that is a difficulty that time and expediency must adjust.
Amherst's eyes exclaimed; "I see they have sent her away because she told you," Bessy's flashed back in wrath, and his answering look did not deny her inference. "Do you know where she has gone?" Amherst enquired; but Mrs. Ogan, permitting her brows a faint lift of surprise, replied that she had no idea of Miss Brent's movements, beyond having heard that she was to leave Hanaford immediately
She's, afraid I'll talk about what happened at Lynbrook." Amherst's arm fell to his side. "At Lynbrook?" Behind him there was a sound of inarticulate appeal but he took no notice. "Yes. It's she who used morphia but not on herself. She gives it to other people. She gave an overdose to Mrs. Amherst." Amherst looked at him confusedly. "An overdose?" "Yes purposely, I mean.
Amherst's unabated interest in the movement of life caused her to dwell on this statement. "Oh, no I'm sure he was a stranger. Extremely slight and pale, with remarkable eyes. He was so disappointed he seemed sure of finding her." "Well, no doubt he'll come back tomorrow. You know we're expecting the whole party," added Mrs.
But, supposing she had been mistaken, she still had nothing to fear, since she had done nothing that her own conscience condemned. If the act were to do again she would do it she had never known a moment's regret! Suddenly she heard Amherst's step in the passage heard him laughing and talking as he chased Cicely up the stairs to the nursery. If she was not afraid, why had she never told Amherst?
Under Amherst's influence the mixed elements of the mill-community had begun to crystallize into social groups: his books had served as an improvised lending-library, he had organized a club, a rudimentary orchestra, and various other means of binding together the better spirits of the community.
She made no attempt to put into words the argument her look conveyed, but rose from her seat with a rapid glance at her watch. "And now I must go, or I shall miss my train." She held out her hand, and as Amherst's met it, he said in a low tone, as if in reply to her unspoken appeal: "I shall remember all you have said."
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