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He was disappointed, sorry, and sore at heart because the desire on which he had set his mind could not be fulfilled; but he was too weak to cling either to his hope or to his anger. His own son had gone from him, and this young man must be his heir and the owner of Dunripple.
till things should have arranged themselves a little. And it will be all for the best. She is a very nice, quiet, lady-like girl, and so great a favourite with her uncle, that should his son die before him, his great object in life will be her welfare. Walter Marrable, as her husband, would live at Dunripple, just as though the place were his own.
When I took leave of him, he said I should hear from him." "Then it's all up with Dunripple for you, as long as he lives. I've no doubt that since poor Gregory's death your father's interest in the property has been disposed of among the Jews to the last farthing." "I shouldn't wonder." "And you are, just where you were, my boy." "That depends entirely upon Sir Gregory.
But up to this very moment she had never been able to overcome her horror at the prospect. From day to day she had thought that she must give it up, even when they were dinning into her ears the tidings that Walter Marrable was to marry that girl at Dunripple. But that had been a falsehood, an absolute falsehood. There had been no such thought in his bosom. He had never been untrue to her.
It had been long since she had been there, and she had not thought ever to make such a visit. But there came letters, and there were rejoinders, which were going on before Mary's departure, and at last it was determined that Miss Marrable should go to Dunripple, and pay a visit to her cousin. But she did not do this till long after Walter Marrable had left the place.
At any rate, even my father does not look to that any longer." "Is he fond of Miss Brownlow?" "There is no one in the world whom he loves so well. Of course an old man loves a young woman best. It is natural that he should do so. He never had a daughter; but Edith is the same to him as his own child. Nothing would please him so much as that she should be the mistress of Dunripple."
She had written to Mary soon after her arrival, and in this first letter there had been no word about Walter; but in her second letter she spoke very freely of Walter Marrable, as the reader shall see. Dunripple, 2nd July, 1868. I got your letter on Saturday, and cannot help wishing that it had been written in better spirits. However, I do not doubt but that it will all come right soon.
"I have not the slightest intention of noticing it," said the Marquis, haughtily. "My dear, sit down; I want to speak to you. Do you know I should like to see you married." This speech was made at Dunripple to Edith Brownlow by her uncle, Sir Gregory, one morning in July, as she was attending him with his breakfast.
In writing so far, Miss Marrable had intended to signify that Captain Marrable had been slow to ask Edith Brownlow to be his wife while he was at Dunripple, because he could not bring himself so soon to show himself indifferent to his former love; but that now he would not hesitate, knowing as he would know, that his former love had bestowed herself elsewhere; but in this there would have been a grievous accusation against Mary, and she was therefore compelled to fill up her sentence in some other form;
She did not blame him; but it did appear to be hard upon her. "I don't see the slightest reason why he shouldn't live at Dunripple," continued Miss Marrable. "Only that he would be dependent. I suppose he does not mean to sell out of the army altogether." "At any rate, he may be backwards and forwards. You see, there is no chance of Sir Gregory's own son marrying." "So they say."
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