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'Or how do you know? said Philip; 'especially as you never were ill. 'It is a dictum of old Walters, the Moorworth doctor, the last time I had anything to do with him, when I was a small child. I suppose I remembered it for its oracular sound, and because I was not intended to listen.
After lingering in vain till the last day of term, he wrote to desire that his own room and the library might be made ready for him, and that 'something' might be sent to meet him at Moorworth.
When Amy was out of the way, Philip used to entertain them with long accounts of Redclyffe, how fine a place it was, how far the estate reached on the Moorworth road, of its capacities for improvement, wastes of moorland to be enclosed or planted, magnificent timber needing nothing but thinning.
The road is shocking, and it will be as dark as a pit by the time we get home. 'Very well; we won't keep old Whiteface standing, said Guy. 'Good-bye, Mrs. Lavers thank you. I shall see you again before long. Before Markham had finished a short private growl on the shocking state of the Moorworth pavement, and a protest that somebody should be called over the coals, Guy began,
Good morning, Charles; I am glad you are downstairs again! How are you to-day? 'No way remarkable, thank you, was the answer, somewhat wearily given by Charles. 'You walked? said Laura. 'Yes. Where's my uncle? I called at the post-office, and brought a letter for him. It has the Moorworth post-mark, he added, producing it. 'Where's that? said Charles.
Philip listened with interest to accounts of how the Thorndale and Morville influence had always divided the borough of Moorworth, and, if united, might dispose of it at will, and returned evasive answers to questions what the young heir of Redclyffe might be likely to do. James Thorndale drove his friend to Redclyffe, as Philip had authority from Mr.
Miles were passed in one long melancholy musing, till Guy was roused by the sight of familiar scenes, and found himself rattling over the stones of the little borough of Moorworth, with the gray, large-windowed, old-fashioned houses, on each side, looking at him with friendly eyes.
Nobody else has such a "mamma," to say nothing of silly little Amy, or Charlotte, or Miss Morville. And as to being of no use, which I used to pine about why, when the member for Moorworth governs the country, I mean to govern him. 'I am sure you are of wonderful use to every one, said Amabel; 'neither Philip nor papa could get on without you to do their writing for them.
That his constitution had been seriously weakened, and there was an excitability of brain and nerves which made care requisite; but depression of spirits was the chief thing to guard against, and a London life, provided he did not overwork himself, was better for him than solitude at Redclyffe. Accordingly Philip went to Thorndale, and was returned for Moorworth without opposition.
Moorworth was entirely under the Thorndale and Morville interest, and Lord Thorndale wrote to propose that Philip should come forward at once, inviting him to Thorndale instead of going to his own empty house.
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