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Yet in the face of everything she clung to the conviction that she was a lawful wife that her child was the heiress of Heathdale; but the difficulty was to prove it.
Farnum and Lady Linton had been intimate friends from girlhood, and it had also been a darling scheme of theirs to marry the daughter of the one to the brother of the other, thus securing a fine position and title to Sadie, and adding to the already well-filled coffers of Heathdale the handsome fortune which the young girl would bring to her husband.
Farnum almost beyond endurance; no doubt because she realized that there was so much truth in them, while her threat regarding a righteous judgment overtaking the family at Heathdale caused her heart to sink with a sudden dread of disgraceful punishment for herself if ever her complicity in this foul plot should be discovered. She arose, cold and stern.
And now if I abhor thrifts, but I wish you to distinctly understand me if you cannot bring yourself to regard my marriage in a proper and sensible light, and make up your mind to receive my wife as becomes a sister of the house, the doors of Heathdale will henceforth be closed to you." Lady Linton was astounded at this outburst.
Accordingly they sailed for America, and knowing that the baronet was in New York, went directly to the Pacific coast about a fortnight previous to Sir William's return to Heathdale.
"It is evident that you are still very angry with me, and intend to annoy me upon this point," he continued, sternly, "and we may as well understand each other at the outset. I shall demand and expect that my wife when I bring her home, will be received with all the honor and courtesy which has ever been accorded to the mistress of Heathdale in the past."
She had long entertained the desire and intention of one day becoming the mistress of Heathdale; it had been the dearest wish of her heart, and for years she had used every art in which she was skilled to bring the man she loved to her feet, and thus accomplish her purpose. Mrs.
"Go to England! to Heathdale! to find another woman queening it there in <i>my</i> place! to be brow-beaten and insulted by that proud family! to be disowned by the man who has already wronged me beyond all forgiveness! Never, sir!" "You could at least demand your own the money that your father left you." "And do you suppose I should get it? I have no proof that my father ever left me a dollar.
It accordingly took place in the chapel at Heathdale, Sir William himself giving away the bride, as her father was not living. So it will readily be seen that there was a semblance of truth in nearly all that Lady Linton had written to Mrs. Farnurn.
The Sir William Heath whom I mean is the master of a large estate called Heathdale in Hampshire County, England," reiterated Mrs. Farnum, decisively. "And my husband is the master of Heathdale, in Hampshire County, England," Virgie said, a trifle proudly.
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