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In the enforced quiescence, and under the excitements of pain and fever, Malcolm first became aware how much the idea of Lady Florimel had at length possessed him. But even in his own thought he never once came upon the phrase, in love, as representing his condition in regard of her: he only knew that he worshipped her, and would be overjoyed to die for her.
Still, whatever her caracoles or escapades, they caused Florimel nothing but amusement, for her confidence in Malcolm that he could do whatever he believed he could was unbounded.
He read, and pondered, and wrestled with difficulties of every kind; saw only a little of Lady Florimel, who, he thought, avoided him; saw less of the marquis; and, as the evenings grew longer, spent still larger portions of them with Duncan now and then reading to him, but oftener listening to his music or taking a lesson in the piper's art.
Florimel gave a great sigh of delight. But what did it what could it mean? What was Malcolm about? Where was he taking her? What would London say to such an escapade extraordinary? Lady Bellair would be the first to believe she had run away with her groom she knew so many instances of that sort of thing! and Lord Liftore would be the next. It was too bad of Malcolm!
Refuse again, and I go from this room to publish in the next the fact that you are neither Lady Lossie nor Lady Florimel Colonsay. You have no right to any name but your mother's. You are Miss Gordon." She gave a great gasp at the word, but bravely fought the horror that was taking possession of her.
"I wad raither tell 't i' the gloamin' roon' a winter fire," said Malcolm, with another anxious look at Lady Florimel. "Do go on," she said. "I want so much to hear it!" "Go on," said the marquis; and Malcolm, seating himself near them, began. I need not again tell my reader that he may take a short cut if he pleases.
He reined Kelpie back, and as she passed on, his eyes caught a glimmer of emotion in Clementina's. He fell behind, and all that day did not come near her again. Florimel asked her what he had been saying, and she compelled herself to repeat a part of it. "He is always saying such odd out of the way things!" remarked Florimel.
Had the time yet come when the old Florimel had melted into snow; when the new and the true one, with its warm life, its tender beauty, its maiden wealth of love, had risen before his hopes?
In this endeavour he was so absorbed, and by the picture itself was so divided from the rest of the room, that he neither saw nor heard anything until Florimel cried out. Naturally, those events made him yet more dissatisfied with his sister's position.
"Nobody can help such differences," said Florimel. "If there were nobody rich, who would there be to do anything for the poor? It's not the young gentleman's fault that he is better born and has more money than the poor girl." "No," said Malcolm; "but what if the poor girl has the young gentleman's child to carry about from morning to night." "Oh, well!
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