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Not only did she miss the excitement of her contest with Christine over the possession of Riatt, but she was positively wearied by the Usshers' anxiety, by her brother's agony of jealousy and fear, and by Wickham's continual effort to strike an original thought from the dramatic quality of the situation.
He sat up for the remainder of the night, in the hope that some sudden call might come, and at six o'clock as Ussher had told Christine, he was ready for new efforts. Rescued and rescuers reached the Usshers' house about half past ten the following morning. Nancy was not yet downstairs.
She knew there was no prospect of their being rescued that night. When the sleigh arrived at the Usshers', if it ever did arrive, its empty shattered condition would suggest an accident. The Usshers were at that moment probably searching for them in ditches, and hedges. The marks of the sleigh would be quickly obliterated by the storm.
"No, it's disconnected when we leave in the autumn." There was a moment's silence, then she said questioningly: "What shall we do?" "There's only one thing we can do," he returned; "go into the house and light a fire." But Christine hesitated. "I don't think it will be wise to waste time doing that," she said, "if you have to go back on foot to the Usshers' " "Go back on foot!" Riatt interrupted.
Christine had been right when she told Riatt that Nancy Almar would be resentful after a dull evening at the Usshers'. The evening, as far as Nancy was concerned, had been very dull indeed.
"Max," she said, "do you remember that while we were staying at the Usshers' we composed a certain document together?" He nodded, and then as she did not continue, he opened his pocketbook and took out the release. She made no motion to take it; on the contrary, she leaned back and crossed her hands in her lap. "Yes," she said, "that's it.
He smiled at the seriousness of her tone. "Ah," said she, "the self-confidence which your smile betrays is one of the weaknesses by which nature has delivered your sex into the hands of mine. I would explain it to you at length, but the time is too short. The great offensive may begin at any moment. The Usshers have made up their minds that you are to marry Christine Fenimer.
She hated him because he was a hypocrite, because he was always placating and temporizing. For instance, he had said to her as she was about to start for the Usshers': "I hope you'll explain to them why I could not come." There had never been the least question of Mr. Almar's coming, and she turned slowly and looked at him as she asked: "You mean that I would not have gone if you had?"
"I think, my dear Laura," he answered, "that they are a very playful band of cut-throats, and next time you ask me to stay, I hope you and Jack will be entirely alone." The servants in a household like the Usshers' were subjected to almost every strain, except that of early rising. No one dreamed of coming down stairs before eleven, and most people not until lunch time.
Really she thought it would save a great deal of time and trouble, if he could just see the thing clearly and ask her to marry him now. But apparently his mind did not work so quickly. "Who will repeat it?" he said. "Not the Usshers " "Nancy Almar won't let it pass. She'll have found the evening dull without you, and she'll feel she has a right to compensation.
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