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Thorowgood, not to be outdone, responded to the effect that she had "suspicioned" all along that this was going to be the case, and that when she had heard in the village yesterday that Mr. Coventry had gone straight to the Cottage upon his return that afternoon to Silverquay with Mr. Lovell away in Ferribridge, too, and all! she felt sure of it. "So I'm not surprised at your news, Mrs.
He left early, on the ground that he had an appointment to keep in Ferribridge, and Ann felt as though he had joined the party more in the capacity of a looker-on than anything else. She said as much to him a day or two later when he chanced to meet her in the village, executing household shopping errands, and they had walked home together. "You are quite right," he answered.
They linked up too closely with searing memories. She made a determined effort to steady herself, and pulled herself together so successfully that the young Guardsman from Ferribridge told quite a number of people that Miss Lovell was a "topping little sport all round good dancer and jolly good fun to talk to."
One day he rowed her over to a distant promontory, when they picnicked together on the brow of the cliffs, afterwards exploring the woods which crowned them. Another time they motored into Ferribridge, where Ann, long denied the sight of a shop window, revelled in the opportunity to spend her pennies and shopped riotously.
"Only," remarked Lady Susan reflectively, "it appears that he must have gone to see his agent's sister. Robin was in Ferribridge yesterday. I met him just setting off there, and he said he'd got a long afternoon's work in front of him." Brett preserved a brooding silence. "I merely told you by way of giving you a friendly warning," observed his aunt, after a moment.
It's comparatively small, not much more than a little fishing village, but the town of Ferribridge is only about ten miles distant, so you'll be able to obtain the necessities of civilised existence, I expect. "Coventry wants me to take up the work straight away, so I should like to move into Oldstone Cottage our future place of abode as soon as possible.
But time will not wait, even for lovers, and Eliot had been gone over an hour when at last Robin returned from Ferribridge. "Cast a shoe and had to wait an unconscionable time to get my horse shod," he explained briefly. "You must be starving," commiserated Ann, "I'll tell Maria to bring you in some supper at once. I've had mine."
Ann, in the arms of a tall young officer from the Ferribridge barracks, caught herself up quickly at this stage of her unprofitable train of thought. This was not the first time lately that she had found herself impressed with the utter staleness of things she who had been wont to find life so full of interest and she knew that thoughts such as these were best dismissed as soon as possible.
"I'm perfectly all right. I am, really, Eliot. I didn't sleep very well last night, that's all." "Well, then, take a rest after lunch. I shan't be able to come over this afternoon I have to go to Ferribridge. So" pinching her cheek "your slumbers will be undisturbed. And go to bed early to-night," he added authoritatively. He went away, and later Ann made a pretence at eating lunch.
Robin had not yet come back; he had ridden into Ferribridge early in the afternoon, leaving word that he would probably be late in returning. Once Maria had looked into the room to ask if she should light the lamps, and the lovers had started guiltily apart, Ann replying with hastily assumed indifference that they did not require them yet.
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