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After a while he raised his head, and saw Jael Dence looking gravely at him. "Oh, speak your mind," said he, bitterly. "You are like the world. You think only of yourself; that's all I have to say." "You are very unkind to say so. I think for us both: and she will think with me, in time. I shall come again to-morrow."
And Jael began to undo the paper. But Mrs. Little stopped her. "No, not yet. I couldn't bear the sight of a face that has brought misery upon him. I would rather look at yours. It is a very honest one. May I inquire your name?" "Jael Dence at your service." "Dence! ah, then no wonder you have a good face: a Cairnhope face. My child, you remind me of days gone by. Come and see me again, will you?
In the afternoon Dr. Amboyne, being now relieved of his anxiety as to Grace, remembered he had not been to see this poor girl for some time; so he went to the hospital. When he heard she was discharged, he felt annoyed with himself for not having paid her closer attention. And besides, Grace had repeatedly told him Jael Dence could make a revelation if she chose.
Henry told her he was going to ask her a great favor; would she consider all they had suffered, and, laying aside childish delays, be married to him in the old church to-morrow, along with Mr. Raby and Jael Dence? Oh, then she trembled, and blushed, and hesitated; and faltered out, "What! all in a moment like that? what would your mother think of me?"
No, no; let those resist who are sure of their strength. Virtue, weakened by love and pity, has but one resource to fly. Jael Dence, if you are a woman, help me to save the one thing I have got left to save." "I will," said Jael Dence. In one hour from that time they had packed a box and a carpetbag, and were on their way to a railway station. They left Hillsborough.
Yet his volubility, his gayety, and his chaff were combined with a certain gentlemanlike tact and dexterity; and he made Raby laugh in spite of himself, and often made the ladies smile. But Henry Little sat opposite, and wondered at them all, and his sad heart became very bitter. When they joined the ladies in the drawing-room, Henry made an effort to speak to Jael Dence.
"In 1747," says Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in his "Confessions," "we went to spend the autumn in Tou- raine, at the Chateau, of Chenonceaux, a royal resi- dence upon the Cher, built by Henry II. for Diana of Poitiers, whose initials are still to be seen there, and now in possession of M. Dupin, the farmer-general.
"Surely he would never go to see." "Shall I inquire?" "No; but that might put it into his head. But I wish I knew where he was." Presently a servant brought the tea in. Miss Carden inquired after Mr. Raby. "He is gone out, miss; but he won't be long, I was to tell you." Grace felt terribly uneasy and restless! rang the bell and asked for Jael Dence.
First of all, there's farmer Dence, with his high bald head, like a patriarch of old; and he sits and beams with benevolence, but does not talk much. But he lets me see I can stay with him six years, if I choose. Then, there's Martha, hospitality itself, and ready to fly at my enemies like a mastiff.
She soon returned, and told him that Miss Grace, instead of being angry, as she expected, had smiled and looked pleased, and promised not to dance with Mr. Coventry nor any body else any more that night, "if he would go straight home and consult his beautiful mother." "Those were her words," said the loyal Dence. "She did say them twice over to make sure."
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