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Nevertheless they had gone there, and had lunched in a quiet corner, and she had left him about three o'clock. On the day of Craven's call at Claridge's she had been with Arabian again. Garstin had begun another picture, and had worked on through the lunch hour. Later they had had some food, a sort of picnic, in the studio, and then she had walked away with Arabian.
The post which left the hotel that evening took with it a short note from Mark Winnington to Messrs. Morton, Manners & Lathom, accepting the functions of executor, guardian and trustee offered him under Sir Robert Blanchflower's will, and appointing an interview with them at their office; together with a somewhat longer one addressed to "Miss Delia Blanchflower, Claridge's Hotel, London.
He was not sorry, indeed, he was almost actively glad, for he was quite sure Rosamund had no wish to make Mrs. Clarke's acquaintance. At the beginning of September, however, when he had just come back to work after a month in camp which had hardened him and made him as brown as a berry, he received the following note: "CLARIDGE'S HOTEL, 2 September, 1897 "DEAR Mr.
I can't and won't have you staying at Claridge's by yourself. I shall take you back this afternoon to Aunt Sophia. Only all that we can settle presently; now for the moment I want you to tell me you love me, and that you are sorry for being such a little brute all this time." "I did not know it until just now, but I think I probably do love you Robert," I said.
The letter, which both read many times, revealed the traits that Sir Walter declared. It was written with Latin courtesy and distinction. There were also touches of humor in it, which neither he nor Mary perceived: "Claridge's Hotel, London. April 9.
I shall go straight back to Claridge's in a taxi, write a cheque, get it changed for you won't know what to do with a cheque, or at any rate it would give you more trouble and send you the money straight back by my servant or my secretary in a taxi. He stood up. 'Not another word, my dear Miss Clay. Don't attach so much importance to money.
For a moment Bobby had the exquisite joy of being alone with her. "Only tell me one thing," he almost gasped. "Tell me that I may see you, and when." She thought a moment. "Not tomorrow, I fear. I should like to so much, but I have not a moment. Come the next day to lunch. I am staying at Claridge's." Ramsey appeared with the cloak, and she was gone.
They were now nearing Claridge's, and Jimmy was insistent that Dion should come in and have a real jam tea with them. "Do, Mr. Leith, if you have the time," said Mrs. Clarke, but without any pressure. "The strawberry they have is ripping, I can tell you!" cried Jimmy, with ardor. But Dion refused. Till he was certain of Rosamund's attitude he felt he simply couldn't accept Mrs.
He put his letter into the envelope and hastily scribbled the address. Mrs. Clarke was again at Claridge's. Every man who loves very deeply wishes to conquer the woman he loves, to conquer the heart of her and to have it as his possession. Dion had left England knowing that he had won Rosamund but had never conquered her.
I'm sure I never found out, except that the best thing to do with people who have it is to let them alone and pray for them. When we go abroad I like the Ritz and Claridge's and that new hotel in Rome. I see my friends there. Victoria, if you please, likes the little hotels in the narrow streets where you see nobody, and where you are most uncomfortable."
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