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But that evening, as the ladies were having their candles lit at the foot of the staircase, I heard Robin say to Dolly "Will you come with us to-morrow?" Dolly seemed to consider, and was about to reply, when Dermott, who never seemed very far away now, cut in. "Too late, Fordyce! Miss Rubislaw has promised to come and load for me in my butt to-morrow afternoon."
Dacre Wynne was coming down by the seven o'clock train, Dicky Fordyce, Reginald Lefroy both fellow officers of Merriton's regiment, and home on leave from India and mild old Dr.
Fordyce took her daughter to Lyme, and waited there till her husband had found a curate and made all arrangements. It must have been very inconvenient not to come home; but, no doubt, she wanted to prevent any more partings. Then they went abroad, travelling slowly, and seeing all the sights that came in their way, to distract Ellen's thoughts.
Sophia was ready to hold up her hands at the ignorance of the 'other branch. This poor heiress had lost all her children in their infancy, and bequeathed the estate to her stepson, the Fordyce male heir having been endowed by her father with the advowson of Hillside and a handsome estate there, which Mrs.
The only difficulty was in clearing them out at the two gates of the drive. When Mr. Fordyce opened the door to hail his rescuers he was utterly amazed to behold only three, and asked in a bewildered voice, 'Where are the others?
This was a mischievous abuse of the old poor-law times, which made people dispose of every one's money save their own. Frank Fordyce, while by far the most earnest, hardworking clergyman in the neighbourhood, worked off his superfluous energy on scientific farming, making the glebe and the hereditary estate as much the model farm as Hillside was the model parish.
Lord Fordyce acquiesced, as he would have done to any penance she chose to impose upon him, and in his secret thoughts rather respected her for her decision; he was then more than delighted when she put her slender hand upon his arm with possessive familiarity as soon as they had reached the anteroom where the collection of miniatures were kept; but he did not know that she was aware that Michael stood where he could see them through the archway.
When father and sons tramped back to the farm that evening, just in time for supper, it was discovered that Margaret was absent. John Fordyce, grim old martinet that he was, looked round the table inquiringly; but a glance at his wife's face caused him to go on with his meal. At nine o'clock precisely the table was cleared.
For the greater part of the day Mr Fordyce was at his counting-house; but I had the pleasure of spending the mornings and evenings with him, when he gave me very full descriptions of the country through which I was about to travel. Ceylon is in shape like a ham, with the small end to the north.
"Now how much has Charles borrowed of you, Mr. Carvel?" demanded Fitzpatrick, as we took our seats. "I'll lay ten guineas that Charles has him mortgaged this day month, though he owns as much land as William Penn, and is as rich as Fordyce." Comyn demanded where the devil I had been, though he knew perfectly. He was uncommonly silent during dinner, and then asked me if I had heard the news.
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