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I know you won't say anything about it, but I thought I'd just put you on your guard." If Evie's way of taking it was a new revelation to Miriam, of her own miscalculation, it was also a new incentive to setting to work as promptly as possible to repair what she could of the mischief she had made.
Why shouldn't I post it, though?" She sat down again. "My head is rather wretched. I hope that none of your friends are likely to come in." Tibby locked the door. His friends often found it in this condition. Then he asked whether anything had gone wrong at Evie's wedding. "Not there," said Helen, and burst into tears.
It's been hard for every one and especially for you, darling. I'll do my best. You know I will. And I'm sure he'll understand. There, there," she comforted, as Evie's tears broke out afresh. "Have your cry out, dear. It will do you good. There, there." So Evie went back next day to Lenox, while Miriam waited for Ford.
She knew what it meant if the others did not; but, alas! they all learned soon enough, as, at the first slight movement, Evie's white face turned grey, and she groaned in mingled anguish and dismay. "I can't!" she cried; "Oh, I can't! It is like knives going through me! I can't move!" "Ah, but you must, my dear. It has to be done; and the braver you are, the sooner it will be over.
"It's a sporting challenge," I muttered, for I had no doubt now in my mind that Mannering and the Pirate were identical. My words did not reach Evie's ear, for she continued, "Now you know why I have put away your ring. He is too strong for us. I must do as he bids me. I interrupted her sharply. "Have you everything packed to go away on your visit to Norfolk to-morrow?" I asked.
For the time being, at any rate, the struggle was too much for her. The issues raised by Evie's overwhelming announcement were so confusing that she must postpone their consideration. She must postpone everything but her own tumultuous passion, which had to be faced and mastered instantly.
How can I face the world with all my invitations when the man I'm engaged to is in jail?" Evie's hands flew up in a still more eloquent gesture, while the blue eyes, usually so soft and veiled, were wide with flaming interrogation. "I knew that in some ways it might be hard for you " Evie laughed, a little silvery mirthless ripple of scorn. "I must say, Miriam, you choose your words skilfully.
She did not know what animals were coming to. But her gentility withered at the touch of the sweet air. The wind was rising, scattering the straw and ruffling the tails of the ducks as they floated in families over Evie's pendant. One of those delicious gales of spring, in which leaves stiff in bud seem to rustle, swept over the land and then fell silent. "Georgia," sang the thrush.
It would be for Evie's sake. You know how I love her. She's the dearest thing to me in the world. If I could only secure her happiness like that " "You mean, if I could secure it." "You'd be doing it actively, but I should want to co-operate." "In what way?" She sat very still.
Cahill materialized out of space, and was waiting for his bride at the church door. No one dropped the ring or mispronounced the responses, or trod on Evie's train, or cried. In a few minutes the clergymen performed their duty, the register was signed, and they were back in their carriages, negotiating the dangerous curve by the lych-gate.
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