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Though he may be a very fine fellow, our brother ought to have known that a man of his birth could not be welcome at Texford, and I must say it would have been wiser in you had you inquired who he was before you allowed your fancy to be captivated by him." A fit of coughing prevented Algernon from continuing his remarks. Julia felt deeply grieved.
Headland, for Julia's sake, wished to set off at once for Texford, but Miss Jane had supper prepared, and insisted on his taking some before starting. Whether or not they suspected that he would become their relation, they treated him as if he were one already, and completely won his heart. "What dear, amiable ladies your cousins are!" he observed, as he rode on with Julia.
There was also, Mrs Brown said, a young lady at Downside who might be willing to take lessons, and possibly Miss Castleton, at Texford, might also become a pupil, although, having had a French governess she probably understood the language. Monsieur Malin set out at once with a packet of cards and called on several of the farmers.
"We must show you the grounds," said Miss Jane, when luncheon was over, "if you are not in a hurry to return home." Harry was sure he should not be missed at Texford, and would very much like to see their garden. The ladies got their bonnets and shawls and went out, May leading Miss Mary. "Our dear May has quite spoilt me," observed the blind lady.
"I must apologise for intruding on you, Sir Ralph, but before I leave Texford there is a matter of consequence on which I wish to speak to you," he said. The baronet motioned him to take a chair nearly opposite where he himself sat. "Pray, Captain Headland, what is it?" he asked, in a calm tone.
When the dame and her companions arrived at Texford, she remarked that the appearance of the place was totally changed. There stood the house, certainly, as usual, but the park looked like a huge fair.
After the dame had expressed her joy at seeing May and the ladies safe, Adam described to Harry and Mr Shallard the events which had occurred on the previous evening, and gave them the information he had obtained from the dying man. May listened with breathless eagerness. Was indeed the secret of her birth to be at length disclosed? The heiress of Texford! That seemed impossible.
He had lost a kind and indulgent master, who had ever placed confidence in his honesty of purpose, and he had reason to doubt whether the new lord of Texford would treat him in the same way.
Sir Ralph and his family had been for some time settled at Texford, when the dame brought the news, gained from her usual source of information, Mr Groocock, that Mr Harry with another officer were daily expected at the hall.
"I would take more, but must not leave the craft with fewer hands on board." Headland was well pleased with the arrangement, and undertook to escort Julia back to Texford, if she had not already gone, when he arrived at Downside. There was no time to consider the matter further, as not a moment was to be lost, or there would be no prospect of overtaking the lugger.
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