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They had lunched with him twice in Medchester, and more often still the Enton barouche had been kept waiting at his office whilst Lady Caroom and Sybil descended upon him with invitations from Lord Arranmore. After his talk with Mr. Ascough he put the matter behind him, but it remained at times an inexplicable puzzle.
But he found the position of social star one which the Bullsoms were determined to force upon him, for they had no sooner entered the drawing-room than Selina came rushing across the room to him and drew him confidentially on one side. "Mr. Brooks," she said, "do go and talk to Mrs. Huntingdon. She is so anxious to hear about the Lady Caroom who is staying at Enton."
"I promise you that most heartily," Brooks declared. "But you must remember, Lady Sybil, that after all it is entirely in his hands. He has been most astonishingly kind to me, considering that I have no manner of claim upon him. He has made me feel at home at Enton, too, and been most thoughtful in every way. For, after all, you see I am only his man of business.
"You are going away?" he exclaimed. "Very soon," she assented. "We were so comfortable at Enton, and the hunting has been so good, that we cut out one of our visits. Mamma developed a convenient attack of influenza. But the next one is very near now, and our host is almost tired of us." Lord Arranmore was for a moment silent. "You have made Enton," he said, "intolerable for a solitary man.
"I shall be in all the afternoon," Brooks answered, still a little dazed. "And Thursday," Lord Arranmore concluded, "you dine and sleep at Enton. I hope we shall have a good day's sport. The carriage will fetch you at 6:30. Good-morning." Lord Arranmore walked out with a little nod, but on the threshold he paused and looked back.
The Redcliffes would never forgive me, and we must go some time." "I don't see the necessity," he answered, slowly. "You like Enton. Make it your home." She raised her eyebrows. "How improper!" "Not necessarily," he answered. "Take me too." She sat up in her chair and regarded him steadily. "Am I to regard this," she asked, "as an offer of marriage?" "Well, it sounds like it," he admitted.
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