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My motto is 'recreation as well as labor. But come, Nellie, lay aside that embroidery, and go with Mary and me to Blinkdale the sun has dried the dew, and the birds are having a perfect concert among the old trees Rosalie is waiting for us at the gate."
As she removed the handkerchief from her face, she perceived that she had gone too far, for even the unresentful Jennie, unable to bear the ridicule of her most sacred sentiments, had arisen to go to the house. She did not escape, however, before Henry had whispered the request, that she would go with him to Blinkdale on the morrow.
"Jennie," said her companion, noticing the bitterness that passed over her young face, and wishing to dissipate any mournful musings, "do you know why I asked you to come alone with me to Blinkdale to-day?"
The afternoon was charming one of those mellow, hazy atmospheres that make the autumnal season so pensive and dreamy, and Jennie felt its influence as she and Henry Moore sought the bright path to Blinkdale.
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