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They are on the footing of strangers from that moment, and must stand on ceremony. Delicate minds will understand why I accepted the check she had administered to me, and said no more. I went into the village alone. Managing matters so as to excite no surprise, I contrived to have a little gossip about Nugent with Gootheridge at the inn, and with the servant at Browndown.
"Do you happen to have seen anything of Mr. Nugent Dubourg?" I asked. "I saw him not five minutes since, ma'am." "Where?" "Going into Browndown." I started up, as if I had been struck or shot. Worthy Mr. Gootheridge stared. I wished him good-day, and went on as fast as my feet would take me, straight to Browndown. Had the brothers met in the house?
Cold water, vinegar, and linen for bandages these were all in the house; and these I called for. Gootheridge found the key of the door flung aside in a corner of the room. He got the water and the vinegar, while I ran up-stairs to Oscar's bedroom, and provided myself with some of his handkerchiefs.
He explained what had happened to his brother. Nugent nodded, and tapped his open letter smartly. "Leave me to manage it. I shall give you something better to do than quarreling among yourselves. You will hear what it is directly. In the meantime, I have got a message for our friend at the inn. Gootheridge is on his way here, to speak to me about altering the stable.
"Did anything out of the common happen while they were there?" "Nothing that I heard of, ma'am." I considered with myself for a minute, and ventured on putting a few more questions to Mr. Gootheridge. "Have any strangers been seen here this evening?" I inquired. "Yes, ma'am. Nearly an hour ago two strangers drove by my house in a chaise." "In what direction?"
All he could say as we approached the door of the silent and solitary building and he said that with extreme difficulty was, "Pray let us be careful!" The landlord was the first to reach the door. I was behind him. The rector at some little distance acted as rear-guard, with the South Downs behind him to retreat upon. Gootheridge rapped smartly on the door, and called out, "Mr. Dubourg!"
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