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But, in spite of these aids, the hours of waiting and suspense passed heavily, and Alicia said to herself that Cousin Lucy was beginning to look frail. Owing to the scantiness of Sunday trains, Marsham did not arrive at Beechcote village till between nine and ten at night.
"Presently," said she, beginning to have some thought in her mind as to whether Mrs Marsham was watching her. Then there was a little pause, after which he spoke in an altered voice. "Does it put you in mind of old days?" said he. It was, of course, necessary for him that he should bring her to some thought of the truth.
He roused himself abruptly, took pen and paper, and wrote a little note to Alicia, sending it round to her through her maid. Marsham pleaded fatigue, and dined in his room. In the course of the meal he inquired of his servant if Mr. Barrington had arrived. "Yes, sir; he arrived in time for dinner." "Ask him to come up afterward and see me here."
In England did the young men see the young women of their own class without restraint the sisters of their friends même even at the house? 'Co-ed' co-educationalist by Jove, yes!... He seemed to marvel that we should have left a country so blessed as England to visit his dusty, wild-lavender-smelling, girl-less Provence.... You don't know half your luck, Marsham....
He especially wished that she should be discreet and matronly; he feared no lovers, but he feared that she might do silly things, that she would catch cold, and not know how to live a life becoming the wife of a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Therefore he submitted Glencora, and, to a certain extent, himself, into the hands of Mrs Marsham.
In the middle of the morning arrived a special messenger with a letter from Marsham. It contained arguments and protestations which in the living mouth might have had some power. That the living mouth was not there to make them was a fact more eloquent than any letter. For the first time Diana was conscious of impatience, of a natural indignation.
She had endeavoured to please him, and, having failed, was not now disposed to give way. "As there will be no other ladies here to-morrow evening, Plantagenet, and as I have not yet seen Alice since I have been in town, I wish you would let me have my way in this. Of course I cannot have very much to say to Mrs Marsham, who is an old woman."
"Don't try and make a fool of him!" he said, in a low voice. "He's not your sort." "Isn't he?" She laughed. "I suppose he's one of the biggest men in England now. And somebody told me the other day that, after losing two or three fortunes, he had just got another." Marsham nodded. "Altogether, an excellent parti." Alicia's infectious laugh broke out.
"She is terribly shaken," said Sir James; "but she will never give way." Diana did not reply, and as he glanced at her, he saw that she was struggling for self-control, her eyes on the ground. "And that woman might have had her for daughter!" he said to himself, divining in her the rebuff of some deep and tender instinct. Marsham came back. "The ambulance is just arriving."
"Will you go with me, then, so that I may have a policeman of my own choosing? He asked me if I would mind taking Mrs Marsham with me in my carriage. So I up and spoke, very boldly, like the proud young porter, and told him I would not; and when he asked why not, I said that I preferred taking a friend of my own, a young friend, I said, and I then named you or my cousin, Lady Jane.
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