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'Yes; next day you went by the same route in quest of the dryads, I am afraid and were rewarded by the spectacle of Mother Hubbard. 'Will nobody help a humane man in difficulties? Mr. Carysbroke appealed. 'I do believe, said the lady whom as yet I knew only as Mary, 'that every word that Monica says is perfectly true. 'And if it be so, am I not all the more in need of help?
Carysbroke she's to be married. 'Do you? said I, remembering that he had sat beside her for more than a quarter of an hour after tea in very close and low-toned conversation; 'and have you any particular reason? I asked.
'Milly and I discovered it, simple as we stand here, I answered. 'But you did not flirt with Mr. Carysbroke, Maud, did you? she asked. 'No, certainly not; but that was not your doing, wicked woman, but my discretion. And now that we know your secret, you must tell us all about her, and all about him; and in the first place, what is her name Lady Mary what? I demanded.
But then he was habitually so silent, that his not doing so argued nothing. Mr. Carysbroke amused my fancy sufficiently to prevent my observing Milly's silence, till we had begun our return homeward. 'The Grange must be a pretty house, if that little sketch be true; is it far from this? ''Twill be two mile. 'Are you vexed, Milly? I asked, for both her tone and looks were angry.
The gentleman was Mr. Carysbroke. He had taken The Grange only for a year. He lived quite to himself, and was very good to the poor, and was the only gentleman, for ever so long, who had visited at Bartram, and oddly enough nowhere else.
Cousin Monica this morning, at pleasant Elverston, all-unconscious of my sad plight, proposed to Lady Mary Carysbroke and Lord Ilbury, her guests, to drive over to church at Feltram, and then pay us a visit at Bartram-Haugh, to which they readily agreed. Accordingly, at about two o'clock, this pleasant party of three arrived at Bartram.
'Yes, I am vexed; and why not lass? 'What has happened? 'Well, now, that is rich! Why, look at that fellow, Carysbroke: he took no more notice to me than a dog, and kep' talking to you all the time of his pictures, and his walks, and his people. Why, a pig's better manners than that. 'But, Milly dear, you forget, he tried to talk to you, and you would not answer him, I expostulated.
'An invitation from Lady Mary Carysbroke for you and Milly to meet Monica Knollys; have you received it? asked my uncle, so soon as I was seated. Answered in the affirmative, he continued 'Now, Maud Ruthyn, I expect the truth from you; I have been frank, so shall you. Have you ever heard me spoken ill of by Lady Knollys? I was quite taken aback. I felt my cheeks flushing.
Carysbroke is Lord Ilbury, brother of this Lady Mary; and it is all my fault for not having done my honours better; but you see what clever match-making little creatures they are. 'You can't think how flattered I am at being made the subject of a theory, even a mistaken one, by Miss Ruthyn.
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