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To Freda's indignation, her father engaged him in a game of chess, which lasted the greater part of the evening; but as he seemed quite patient under the infliction, and Miss Hall glad that he should be agreeable to her kind friend, Mr Gwynne, Freda was obliged to give up her plan of leaving them alone for the remainder of the evening, and to be content with resolving that they should at least have the following morning to themselves.
"I really cannot," returned Freda, decisively, and somehow the girls realized that Freda's business was urgent. "Now, I'll show you a short cut," said Denny. "Take that path there don't be afraid of the sign that the owner put up he has no right to the beach front; then when you get to the Lonely Willow do you know where that is?" Not one of them knew, but they were anxious to find out.
I will return and tell you what I purpose doing." On leaving the cottage Edmund found Egbert walking up and down outside awaiting the result of the interview. He had been present when the Dane had told of Freda's abduction, and knew how sore a blow it was to the young ealdorman, for Edmund had made no secret to him of his intention some day to wed the Danish jarl's daughter.
"It's Freda and Denny, and someone else?" asked Bess, breathlessly. "Oh, what a mercy!" "It's a boy," declared Kent. "See the rain-hat and slicker?" "Yes, and see Freda's hair floating out from under that rubber hat!" insisted Bess. "Oh, I know it's Freda, and I can see Denny plainly!" The boat was coming nearer. On the crest of a roller it fairly soared towards them.
Eccentric in some ways, as Freda's grandfather had been, he might have hidden the papers in Denny's cabin. That was a new thought. Perhaps the scheming men knew this, and that is why they wanted to attack the old fisherman. "We simply must go to his cabin," decided Cora, "and find out what has happened. I can't wait any longer." Wraps were quickly donned, and down to the dock went the girls.
Here followed a history of various achievements of Harold, during which Colonel Vaughan vainly endeavoured to catch Freda's eye. She was only too well-disposed to smile at the infatuation of the doating father. 'Here are the children, I think, said Lady Mary. In bounded Harold, and jumped, unbidden, on Freda's lap. 'I ull have some of that and that, said Harold. 'And I will have began Minnie.
"I would I had thought of it," Edmund said; "but my mind was so disturbed with the thought of Freda's peril that it had no room for other matters. And how fares it with you?" "Bravely," the Northman replied. "As soon as I sniffed the salt air of the sea my strength seemed to return to me. My wound is well-nigh healed; but the joint has stiffened, and my leg will be stiff for the rest of my life.
Constant intercourse has brought out all his grand points, and all your weak ones. His mind has conquered your vulgar prejudices, but has also fully seen through them, and despises you accordingly. Well, I suppose duty and propriety concur in my remaining at Glanyravon Park, discretion being the better part of valour. And so ended Freda's arithmetic.
They were rather a formal quartette, and at first conversation did not flow easily. Mr Gwynne's nerves, Rowland's embarrassment Miss Hall's natural depression of spirits, and Freda's resolution not to make herself agreeable to a person she was determined to consider conceited, were bad ingredients for a dish of good sociable converse. By degrees, however, they thawed a little.
Freda's life in society, the whirl of gaiety, the excitement and success which she had been enjoying throughout the season, and his miserable monotony of companionship with his invalid father, of hard work and weary disappointment, had broken down the bond of union that had once existed between them.
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