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Her tone was more reserved than hitherto. 'Yes, I knew he had. He met Miss Moxey by chance at Budleigh Salterton, and I happened to be there at the Moorhouses' on the same day. Sidwell glanced at him inquiringly, and waited for something more. 'I saw Miss Moxey in private, he added, speaking more quickly, 'and asked her to keep my secret.
It was impossible not to remark his strange mood of repressed excitement; but Marcella did not question him, and Christian had resolved to conceal the day's event until he could speak of it without agitation. Before they parted for the night, Marcella said carelessly: 'I have decided to go down to Budleigh Salterton when the time comes. 'That's right! exclaimed her brother, with satisfaction.
There seemed to be little likelihood of Christian's learning from any other person that she had met with Peak at Budleigh Salterton; he had, indeed, dined with her at the Walworths', and might improve his acquaintance with that family, but it was improbable that they would ever mention in his hearing the stranger who had casually been presented to them, or indeed ever again think of him.
'Yes; but surely there is no reason why we shouldn't say good-bye in a natural and friendly way? 'Can you forgive me for that deceit I practised? Peak laughed. 'What does it matter? We should in any case have met at Budleigh Salterton. 'No. I had no serious thought of accepting their invitation.
Sidwell had long since heard from her friend of Miss Moxey's visit to Budleigh Salterton, but she was not aware that Buckland had been there at the same time. Sylvia had told her, however, of the acquaintance existing between Miss Moxey and Peak, a point of much interest to her, though it remained a mere unconnected fact.
"It is yours to the half of my fortune at present about fourteen shillings," said the Honourable John Ruffin warmly. "Well, I didn't take Marion abroad," said the duchess. "They always look abroad for people who bolt. I borrowed Pinky Wallerton's car and drove her down, myself, to a cottage I bought in Devonshire in the pinewoods above Budleigh Salterton." "That sounds all right."
Further inland is Budleigh Salterton, so named after its buddle, or stream, which running through the village makes its way slowly down to the sea. Near here is a homestead called Hayes Barton, at which Sir Walter Raleigh was born. The house remains much as it was in his days, and in the parlour the wide hearth is still to be seen at which he used to sit and smoke his pipe.
Marcella, to whom her brother's romance was anything but an agreeable subject, the slight acquaintance she had with the modern Laura did not encourage her to hope for that lady's widowhood, gave no heed to the question. 'They are going to have a house at Budleigh Salterton; do you know of the place? Somewhere near the mouth of the Exe.
I go back to Budleigh Salterton by the four forty-five from Waterloo; and my follower will no doubt go with me. Eglantine and Mary Bride will go down to Exeter by the six o'clock from Paddington, motor over, and slip into the house late at night. There's sure to be some one watching it; and once they believe Marion to be in it, they'll go on watching it without bothering about me.
We like to think these things, but we can only make believe to ourselves as Millais did when he went to Budleigh Salterton and painted that picture. When still quite a boy, Walter Raleigh went to Oriel College, Oxford, but we know nothing of what he did there, and the next we hear of him is that he is fighting for the Huguenots in France.
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