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Updated: May 4, 2025
'I shall travel.... I shall visit Italy and Greece.... I shall live abroad. 'You are not serious? 'Yes, I am, Julia. That cab may not take both, but it certainly will take one of us away from Ashwood, and for ever. 'Take you to Southwater, sir take you to the station in ten minutes, said the fly-man, pulling in his horse.
Never had he thought her so beautiful never had she touched him with so personal an interest; and next morning, when he lounged in his study, he was glad to hear her knock at the door; and the half-hour he spent with her there, yielding to her pleading to come for a walk with her, or drive her over to Southwater in the dog-cart, was one of unalloyed pleasure.
The vehicle, the horse, and the man, his arm raised in questioning gesture, appeared in strange silhouette upon the grey clouds, assuming portentous aspect in their tremulous and excited imaginations. 'Take you to Southwater in ten minutes! The voice of the fly-man sounded hard, grating, and derisive in their ears.
She married Lord Southwater, and I'd have gone with her only I couldn't leave my Granny. She was failin', poor old soul!" She paused and again she heaved the deepest of sighs. "Beggin' your pardon, m'lady, for talkin' so much. You'd maybe take a look at the little place?" she said. Lady O'Gara turned aside. She was in no great hurry home and she was interested in Susan.
Often she would leave the flowers she was tending on the terrace, and stand looking through the dim, sun-smitten landscape toward the red-brown spot, which was Southwater, in the middle of the long plain. Hubert felt called upon to entertain his friends, and one evening they all sat dining at Hurlingham in the long room. The conversation, as usual, had been about books and pictures.
Night was coming on, and still they followed the road to Southwater. Rain fell in heavy drops. 'We shall get wet, she murmured, as if she were answering the fly-man, who had said again, 'Drive you to the station in ten minutes! She hated the man for his persistency. 'Say you will come with me! Hubert whispered; and all the while the rain came down heavier.
Julia wished he were different, and then she looked at Hubert. She longed to throw herself into his arms and weep. But at that moment the heavens seemed to open, and the rain came down like a torrent, thick and fast, splashing all along the road in a million splashes. 'Horrible weather, sir; shan't be long a-takin' you to Southwater. What part of the town be yer going to the railway station?
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