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I shall never be a husband to you more than in name, Aurelia, nor ask of you more than you give me now, namely, your sweet presence for a few hours in the evening, without seeing me. Can you bear thus to devote your young life, for a time at least?" "You know, sir, how glad I always am to be with you," said Aurelia, relieved yet half regretting that strange fervour.
As they had deviated from the post-road, taken precautions to conceal their route, and made such progress, that they were now within one day's journey of London, the careful and affectionate Dolly, seeing her dear lady quite exhausted with fatigue, used all her natural rhetoric, which was very powerful, mingled with tears that flowed from the heart, in persuading Aurelia to enjoy some repose; and so far she succeeded in the attempt, that for one night the toil of travelling was intermitted.
When the curtain fell for the last time, amid great and continued applause, the "heavy mother," Ralph, Aurelia, all were well received as they passed before it; but Charles, who appeared last, was the hero of the evening. "He is engaged to his cousin, Miss Derrick, isn't he?" said a lady near me, in a loud whisper to a friend. "Hush! no. Charles can't marry. Head over ears in debt.
When I tell Prue of Aurelia whose character is every day lovelier we talk of our cousin the curate. There is no subject which does not seem to lead naturally to our cousin the curate.
Darnel had lodged his niece in the new buildings by May Fair; that, on the second night after their arrival, a very warm expostulation had passed between Aurelia and her uncle, who next morning dismissed Dolly, without permitting her to take leave of her mistress, and that same day moved to another part of the town, as she afterwards learned of the landlady, though she could not inform her whither they were gone.
At this Aurelia fell into the Count's arms, and, whilst a flood of tears ran down her cheeks, cried in a most eager manner, and in a voice which was shrill with urgency: "Yes, yes! For the love of all the saints. For the sake of my soul's salvation yes!"
It must be yours likewise." "I hope so," she said, scarcely understanding. He then interrogated her somewhat closely as to the letters which had prepared her for the proposal; and as Aurelia was far too simple to conceal anything under cross-examination, Mr. Belamour soon found out what her Ladyship's threats and promises had been. "The Manor House?" he said.
In a word, I was to discover a new Aurelia Aurelia the affectionate wife, the careful minister; not the adored mistress of a feverish boy, the heroine of a Vita Nuova, the Beatrice of a, I fear me, profane comedy, the beloved of Aminta and the Pastor Fido. I own that I was dismayed, wounded in my tenderest part, at the discovery. Aurelia had suddenly become a stranger to my heart.
All this Aurelia described, comparing the customs with those of her own county, her heart beating all the time under the doubt how to venture on describing the fulfilment of her commission. At last Mr. Belamour said, "In such a scene of gaiety, no doubt the recollection of sorrow had no place." "O sir, you could not think I should forget."
"The Dean's servants never speak when they are waiting at table," said Harriet with a pout. "But I'll warrant them to hear!" retorted Betty. "And I had rather have our dear old honest corporal than a dozen of those fine lackeys," said Aurelia. "But you will tell us the story like a good sister, while we brush the powder out of our hair."
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