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He coloured. Mary was looking at him with kind interest. Mrs. Morres sent him a quick glance then looked away again. "To be sure, you must go, Sir Robin," she said, in a serious voice. "I was only jesting. Ah! here we are! So it is good-bye." "Au revoir," he corrected. "Well, au revoir. I hope you'll have a very happy time at Lugano. But you are sure to."
The inn was called the Water-Wheel. "What a name to think upon!" said Mary, with a sigh, "in a torrid London August! it sounds full of refreshment." "Its patrons would no doubt prefer the Beer-Keg," said Mrs. Morres, and was reproached for being cynical on such a day. While they waited for a meal they explored the delightful inn-garden.
Going on Saturday, he would have very little time to stay. On the homeward way Mrs. Morres reproached him with his dulness. What had come to him? He hesitated, glancing at Mary in her corner. Mary had enjoyed her day thoroughly, and was wearing an air of great content. She was carrying a bunch of the wild thyme.
In a bowl on the table were hyacinths and sweet-smelling narcissi. After the meal Mrs. Morres was tired. "Let me rest," she said, "till tea-time. What did you say was the train? Five-thirty? Will you order tea for half-past four? It is half-past two now. Go and explore the woods. I believe I shall go asleep if I'm allowed. The buzzing of the bees out there is a drowsy sound."
"In one way I am selfishly glad, Mary, because you will belong so much more to me. I am going to take possession of you. For the first time for many years Chenevix House is to be opened this season. I am going to be among the political hostesses. I shall do all sorts of things. I have found a dear old lady to live with us, my father's twenty-second cousin, Mrs. Morres.
Do you think I ought not to have consented to take her, Mrs. Morres?" "For how long?" Mrs. Morres's voice shook. All the Sibylline quality was gone from it now. "For a year. I must fulfil my engagements. Afterwards I must do my best for them over here. I never thought that I could do as I would as a married man. Do you think I ought not to have consented?"
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