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Updated: May 10, 2025
'Rookington Park about three miles out of Sandbourne, in the opposite direction to this. 'A widow, Christopher murmured. Faith overheard him. 'That makes no difference to us, does it? she said wistfully. Forty minutes later they were driving along an open road over a ridge which commanded a view of a small inlet below them, the sands of this nook being sheltered by crumbling cliffs.
'It does not matter at all about my staying up, said Faith assuringly; 'that is, if exercise benefits you. Walking up and down the lane, I suppose? 'No; not walking up and down the lane. 'The turnpike-road to Rookington is pleasant. 'Faith, that is really where I have been. How came you to know? 'I only guessed. Verses and an accidental meeting produce a special journey.
'I should have been in bed certainly, had I not particularly wished to use this opportunity of meeting you before you go home to-morrow. I could not have come to Sandbourne to-day, because we are leaving to return again to Rookington.
'Tis a bother to start her, so our people say behind her back, but, once set going, the house is all alive with her. However, it will soon be dull enough; she and Lady Petherwin are off to-morrow for Rookington, where I believe they are going to stay over New Year's Day. 'Where do you say they are going? inquired Christopher, as they followed the footman.
He recognized the face as that of the young man whom he had encountered when watching Ethelberta's window from Rookington Park. 'Perhaps you remember seeing him at the Christmas dance at Wyndway? she inquired. 'He is a good-natured fellow. Afterwards he sent me that portfolio of sketches you see in the corner.
When Christopher left the house shortly after, instead of going into the town on some errand, as was customary whenever he went from home after dark, he ascended a back street, passed over the hills behind, and walked at a brisk pace inland along the road to Rookington Park, where, as he had learnt, Ethelberta and Lady Petherwin were staying for a time, the day or two which they spent at Wyndway having formed a short break in the middle of this visit.
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