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But he made it his business to find out what he could in the shortest possible time; this he did not mention to Miss Farham. What he discovered did not amount to much, very little in fact, but such as it was, it was enough to bring him to Halgrave. Captain Polkington, Johnny and Julia were busy in the garden.
Giving the address would be giving the information, or something like it one would have to explain "Miss Julia Snooks, White's Cottage, near Halgrave." "We can't do that," Violet said with decision. "I might say I would forward a letter, perhaps?" Mrs. Polkington suggested. But Violet did not think that would do either.
Polkington made inquiries among her friends, but could not hear of any one suitable; she said it was very tiresome, especially as they had taken advantage of the girl's empty room to invite an old Anglo-Indian friend of her husband's to stay. Thus was the difficulty tided over, and with so good a face that few in Marbridge had any idea that it existed.
It was rather a tight fit, and in his efforts to do it unobtrusively, he made some disturbance, but no one remarked on it; Captain Polkington because he was too despondent, Julia because it did not seem worth while. Conversation languished; Julia did what she could, but her father answered in monosyllables, and Mr.
"Will you please go," she said, with a catch in her breath. That is the worst of these half-suppressed, unspent storms of tears, they have such a tendency to return and break out again inconveniently. "If it were not for Captain Polkington would you have sent me away?" he asked. "Y e s," she answered, fighting with her tears. "Oh, go! Please, please go!"
Smith was going to throw up the South African post which all the town knew he was about to take before his engagement. To this Mr. Polkington was obliged to answer, "No, he is going, and going almost directly; that is my one hardship; I have got to lose Chèrie at once, for he positively will not go without her.
During tea the great subject of conversation was the hen house. The last occupant of the cottage had kept hens and all the out-buildings were in good repair; however, a recent gale had loosened part of the roof of this one, and Captain Polkington had been mending it.
"And the worst of it is," so Mrs. Polkington said, "she may have to be away some time. There really seems no one else to go, and one could not leave the poor dear alone at this dull time of the year; and, after all, Bath is not very far off; some of Richard's people live there, too. I should not be surprised if the young people contrive to see a good deal of each other in spite of everything.
Polkington received the letter she thought it over a little; then she showed it to Violet, and they discussed it together.
"We hoped, that is, we thought perhaps we might raise a trifle, it wouldn't be much help " But neither of the others were listening to him, and Captain Polkington interrupted with his own remedy, "We shall have to manage on credit," he said; "we can get credit for this three months."
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