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He is to be found at the quarters of Captain Lindsay, who is on the staff of Prince Henry. If Captain Lindsay himself is away, you must find out his servant. "That was all the trouble that I had in the matter. You have really to thank Thirza, for it was her idea.
He had spoken not unapprovingly of the marriages of ladies of high rank to men who had rendered great services to the countries for which they had fought, and said that, with such ample means as Thirza would possess, there would be no need for him to seek for a wealthy match for her.
"Well, I am very glad, Thirza, that your love has not been tested so severely; as I confess that, for my part, I would much prefer having a son-in-law who was able to walk about, and who would not have to be carried to the altar. Here is a letter to you from him that is to say, which has been written at his dictation, for of course the surgeons insist on his lying perfectly quiet, at present."
Why should he not go out to France! At last; why not? Some better man, who understood men's hearts, who knew the world, would take his place; and he could go where death made all things simple, and he could not fail. He walked faster and faster, full of an intoxicating relief. Thirza and Gratian would take care of Nollie far better than he. Yes, surely it was ordained!
I did most of the journey sitting by the coachman; which gave them more room inside, and was more pleasant for me, also." In a few minutes they reached the hotel, and the count led Fergus to a door. "You will find Thirza alone there. We thought that you had best see her so, at first." Half an hour later, the count and countess entered the room.
"He looks very pale and thin, mother," Thirza said, after the countess had affectionately embraced Fergus. "You would hardly have expected to find him fat and rosy," the count laughed. "A man does not lose his arm, and go about as if the matter was not worth thinking of, a few weeks afterwards. He is certainly looking better than I expected to find him.
In his letters to Thirza he would deplore Edward's asceticism. "He eats nothing, he drinks nothing, he smokes a miserable cigarette once in a blue moon. He's as lonely as a coot; it's a thousand pities he ever lost his wife. I expect to see his wings sprout any day; but dash it all I I don't believe he's got the flesh to grow them on.
They might just as well not be." "They mean pensions, as a rule," said Thirza calmly. "Thirza, that is cynical; besides, it doesn't affect this case. I can't bear to think of my little Nollie giving herself for a moment which may come to nothing, or may turn out the beginning of an unhappy marriage. Who is this boy what is he? I know nothing of him. How can I give her to him it's impossible!
Let him have the message quietly, when he is alone." "Your master is not killed?" one of the women exclaimed, in consternation. "Killed! No, Colonel Drummond is not so easily killed," he replied scornfully. "I have a letter from him in my pocket. But he has been somewhat hurt, and it were best that I saw the count first, and that he should himself give the letter to the Countess Thirza."
I don't think it's much to ask, when perhaps I'll never have any more of him again." Thirza slipped her hand through the girl's arm. "I understand," she said. "Only, Nollie, suppose, when all this is over, and we breathe and live naturally once more, you found you'd made a mistake?" Noel shook her head. "I haven't."
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