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And now, even at Christmas or Whitsuntide, when a man, if ever he desires to be overcome with a drop, would naturally wish it to be, you can walk out of Enckworth as straight as you walked in. All her doings. 'Then she holds the reins? 'She do! There was a little tussle at first; but how could a old man hold his own against such a spry young body as that!
Lord Mountclere was by this time toddling towards them to ask if they would come on to his house, Enckworth Court, not very far distant, to lunch with the rest of the party.
When the vast addition had just been completed King George visited Enckworth. Its owner pointed out the features of its grand architectural attempt, and waited for commendation. 'Brick, brick, brick, said the king. The Georgian Lord Mountclere blushed faintly, albeit to his very poll, and said nothing more about his house that day.
'Where no other is acted upon, it is practically the universal one, he replied gaily. And then Ethelberta's elderly admirer bade her adieu, and away the whole party drove in a long train over the hills towards the valley wherein stood Enckworth Court.
They would have struck as gratefully upon her senses as sylvan scenery after crags and cliffs, or silence after the roar of a cataract. It was evening, and all these personages at Enckworth Court were merry, snug, and warm within its walls. Dinner-time had passed, and everything had gone on well, when Mrs.
Mountclere and Sol was speeding on its way to Enckworth. When they reached the spot at which the road forked into two, they left the Knollsea route, and keeping thence under the hills for the distance of five or six miles, drove into Lord Mountclere's park. In ten minutes the house was before them, framed in by dripping trees. Mountclere jumped out, and entered without ceremony.
As it was, it had occurred to her that there was something in his tone which should lead her to hesitate. Were any among the elderly or married ladies who had appeared upon the ground in a detached form as she had done and many had appeared thus invited to Enckworth; and if not, why were they not?
The ocean-bound steamers far away on the horizon inspired him with no curiosity as to their destination; the house Ethelberta had occupied was positively hateful; and he turned away to wait impatiently for the hour at which he had promised to drive on to meet Sol at Corvsgate. Sol and Chickerel plodded along the road, in order to skirt Enckworth before the carrier came up.
But who remembered this save the builder and his crew? and as long as nobody knew the truth, pretence looked just as well. What was honest in Enckworth Court was that portion of the original edifice which still remained, now degraded to subservient uses.
Herein the old nobleman gave a further description of the accident, but the main business of the communication was to ask her if, since he was not as yet very active, she would come to Enckworth Court and delight himself and a small group of friends who were visiting there. She pondered over the letter as she walked by the shore that day, and after some hesitation decided to go.
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