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She made no positive resistance; but, while her body yielded and retired, her eye remained riveted on Jael Dence, and her hand clutched the air like a hawk's talons, unwilling to lose her prey, and then she turned so weak, Ransome had to support her to her carriage. As Grace's head sunk on Ransome's shoulder, Jael Dence's eyes closed for the first time.
Little, full of delight, communicated her triumph to Jael Dence, and told her about the five thousand pounds, and was as enthusiastic in praise of Henry to Jael, as she had been of Jael to Henry. Meantime he drove back to Hillsborough, more unhappy than ever, and bitter against himself for yielding, even so far, to gratitude and maternal influence. It was late when he reached home.
She crept down the stairs, and into her father's library, separated only by thin folding-doors from the room where Henry Little was with Jael Dence. Meantime Jael Dence opened the door to Henry Little, and, putting her fingers to her lips, led him into the dining-room and shut the door. Now, as his suspicions were already excited, this reception alarmed him seriously.
No; all she could do was to wait till Jael Dence came up, and then charge her with some subtle message, that might make Henry Little pause if he still loved her. She detected Coventry watching her. She fled directly to her own room, and there sat on thorns, waiting for her rival to come and give her an opportunity. But afternoon came, and no Jael; evening came, and no Jael.
Little, nor take part in the pious falsehood they were concocting together, Raby and his Jael Dence, whom everybody loved best everybody except this poor faithful ill-used wretch, Frederick Coventry; and him she hated for loving her better than the man she loved had loved her. Tender, but very proud, this sensitive creature saw herself dethroned from her love.
There was a time when she would have entirely disbelieved this slander; but now she remembered, with dismay, how many things had combined to attach Henry to Jael Dence. And then the letter stated such hard facts; facts unknown to her, but advanced positively. But what terrified her most was that Henry had so lately told her Jael Dence loved him best.
And all this time she, for whose sake he denied himself the joy and consolation of her company, though his heart ached and pined for it, had hard thoughts of him, and vented them too to Jael Dence. The young are so hasty in all their judgments. While matters were in this condition, Henry found, one morning, two fresh panes of glass broken in his window.
Dr. Amboyne ordered her to the sea-side. A carriage was prepared expressly for her, and her father took her there. Woodbine Villa was put up to let furnished, and it was taken by Mr. Coventry. Jael Dence began to recover strength rapidly, but she wore at times a confused look. The very day Grace left for Eastbank she was discharged as cured, and left the hospital. This was in the morning.
But they sent me to the top of Cairnhope Peak, and, what with the keen air and the glorious view, I came home and ate like a hog. That pleased Martha Dence, and she kept putting me slices off her own plate, till I had to cry quarter. As soon as I have addressed this letter, I'm off to bed, for it is all I can do not to fall asleep sitting. "I am safe to be all right to-morrow, so pray don't fret.
Little was encouraging to those concerned; what with the reconciliation to her brother, the return to native air and beloved scenes, the tenderness and firmness of Jael Dence, and the conviction that her son was safe out of the clutches of the dreaded Unions, she picked up flesh and color and spirit weekly. By-and-by she turned round upon Jael Dence, and the nurse became the pupil. Mrs.
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