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Take me back to London, to Russell Square, anywhere away from your dreadful cousin!" He had soothed her as best he might, and riding over to Powyss Place, had given his aunt that warning. "It will seem a horribly cruel and inhuman thing to turn her from the home where she has reigned mistress so long," he said to himself.
A fortnight at Powyss Place before you go up to London, my dear Mrs. Stuart not a day less." Thus Lady Helena Powyss, eight days later, seated luxuriously in the first-class carriage, and flying along by express train between Dublin and Kingston, en route for Cheshire.
A feverish impatience and restlessness appeared to have taken possession of him; he wandered about the house and in and out like some restless ghost. From Powyss Place to Catheron Royals, from Catheron Royals to Powyss Place, he vibrated like a human pendulum. It set Edith's nerves on edge only to watch him.
Be reasonable, Edith; don't let it be later than August." "Now, now, now, Sir Victor Catheron, August is not to be thought of. I shall not marry you for ages to come not until Lady Helena Powyss gives her full and free consent." "Lady Helena shall give her full and free consent in a week; she could not refuse me anything longer if she tried.
It is a curious fancy, but, if it were not so utterly absurd, Edith would think he looked at her as though he were afraid of her. On her husband's arm her husband's! she walks down the aisle and out of the church. They enter the carriages, and are driven back to Powyss Place.
She made an effort to eat and drink; but it was little better than an effort. She gave Jamison his parting instructions he was to remain here until to-morrow; by that time orders would come from Powyss Place. Then, in the dress she had travelled in yesterday, she entered the railway carriage and started upon her return journey. How speedily her honeymoon had ended!
The fourth fact was, that the infant heir of the Catherons had been removed from Catheron Royals to Powyss Place, to be brought up under the watchful eye and care of his grand-aunt, Lady Helena. On the evening of the day that saw Inez Catheron committed for trial, the post brought Lady Helena a letter.
Then came the summons from Lady Helena to go to Powyss Place. He set out, but before he had gone half-way, the demon of jealously whispered in his ear, 'Your wife is with Juan Catheron now go back and surprise them. He turned and went back a madman the last glimpse of reason and self-control gone.
"I will go to her," he thought; "I will hear what she has to say. If she voluntarily tells me, I must, I will believe her. If she is silent, I will take it as proof of her guilt." He strode away to the house. As he entered, his man Edwards met him, and presented him a note. "Brought by a groom from Powyss Place, Sir Victor," he said. "Squire Powyss has had a stroke."
She Sarah Betts, the maid had not known her ladyship during the year of her married life, she had been engaged in London, some months after my lady's bereavement, to travel with her on the continent. My lady had travelled in company with her aunt, the Lady Helena Powyss, and her cousin, a "Mrs. Victor."
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