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Goddard was seated by the side of Reynolds but that Nellie was not in the cart. "Oh, Mrs. Goddard, is that you?" said John. "Mr. Juxon will be here in a moment. Don't be frightened he is not hurt in the least; awfully bad luck for the tramp, though!" "The tramp?" repeated Mrs. Goddard with a faint cry of horror. "Yes," said John, whose spirits rose wonderfully in the light of the dog-cart lamps.
Then she fairly burst into tears and sobbed passionately, covering her face and rocking herself from side to side. "My dear friend," said Mr. Juxon very kindly and laying one hand upon her arm, "pray try and calm yourself. Forgive me I beg you to forgive me for having caused you so much pain " "Do you still call me a friend?" sobbed the poor lady. "Indeed I do," quoth the squire stoutly.
"It is just the weather for bookworms," answered the vicar in cheerful tones. "Dear me, I never come here without envying you and wishing that life were one long rainy afternoon." "You know I am inclined to think I am rather an enviable person," said Mr. Juxon, slowly passing his hand over his glossy hair and leading his guest towards a large table near the fire.
"I confess, I am in great anxiety of mind, both on your account and on hers. I never dreamed that such things could happen in Billingsfield." "You are certainly not responsible for them," answered Mr. Juxon. "It is not your fault " "Not altogether, perhaps.
Thence I by water to Westminster, and the Duke of Albemarle being gone to dinner to my Lord of Canterbury's, I thither, and there walked and viewed the new hall, a new old-fashion hall as much as possible. Begun, and means left for the ending of it, by Bishop Juxon.
"I am not sure that he is aware of it," said Mr. Juxon quietly. "The subject never happened to come up." "How odd!" remarked John, who could not conceive of associating with a man for any length of time without asking at what University he had been. "I don't know," answered Mr. Juxon. "There are lots of other things to talk about."
His instinct and his observation of Mrs. Goddard when in the society of others led him to believe that with Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose, or even with Mr. Juxon, she was not in the habit of talking as she talked with him. He was therefore inwardly pleased, so soon as his passing annoyance had subsided, to feel that she made a difference between him and others.
Dinner had been prepared for him; but he refused to eat, though afterwards, at the solicitation of the bishop, he took the half of a manchet and a glass of wine. Here he remained almost two hours, in constant expectation of the last summons, spending his time partly in prayer and partly in discourse with Dr. Juxon.
Juxon brought all manner of things to the house; vans upon vans arrived, laden with boxes of books and pictures and oriental carpets and rare objects which the squire had collected in his many years of travel, and which he appeared to have stored in London until he had at last inherited the Hall. The longer the Ambroses and Mrs.
"I think it will be perfectly delightful," said Nellie, seeing she got no answer from her mother, and as though putting the final seal of affirmation to her remarks about the Hall. But she appeared to be satisfied at not having been contradicted and did not return to the subject that evening. Mr. Juxon lost no time in keeping his word and on the following morning at about eleven o'clock, when Mrs.
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