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"Oh yes, if you like," he said; and then he stopped short, and an angry gleam shot into his eyes: "Wenna, who gave you that ring?" "Oh, Mabyn did," was the frank reply; but all the same Wenna blushed hotly, for that matter of the emerald ring had not been touched upon. "Mabyn did?" he repeated, somewhat suspiciously. "She must have been in a generous mood."
"Wenna," he said, "don't go away: I want to speak to you for a minute. You are offended with me about something, and I want you to tell me why. If you wish our friendship to cease, say so, and I will obey you; but you must tell me why first." "I am not offended with you, Mr. Trelyon," she said in a low and nervous voice. "Do not think that.
Nobody in the world had ever the least control over him but her: he would do anything for Wenna; and she why she always came back singing after she had met and spoken to him. And then you talk about a prudent and sensible husband!
Trewhella's. You know his granddaughter is very nearly quite well again, and there is to be a great gathering of children there to-night to celebrate her recovery. This is a cake I am carrying that Wenna has made herself." "Is Wenna to be there?" Trelyon said eagerly. "Why, of course," said Mabyn petulantly. "What do you think the children could do without her?" "Look here, Mabyn," he said.
Rosewarne, amused as well as surprised by the young man's impetuosity, "she did not see you then. Wenna often passes people so. Most likely she was thinking about other things, for she had another letter from Jamaica just before she went out." "Oh, she has had another letter from Jamaica this morning?" Trelyon said, with an angry light appearing in his eyes. "That is it, is it?"
Weren't you rather fond, some years ago, of going out at night with the Lundy pilots?" "I have never gone a long voyage in a large vessel," Wenna said rather faintly. "But if there was any reasonable object to be gained an ordinary sea-voyage would not frighten you?" "Perhaps not." "And they have really very good steamers going to the West Indies." "Oh, indeed!" "First rate!
But she was very proud, all the same, and there was a great firmness about her lips as she said, "We will do it, Mr. Trelyon we will do it. Do you know why Wenna submits to this engagement? Because she reasons with her conscience and persuades herself that it is right. When you meet her like that, she will have no time to consider."
Yet the note was not a compromising one. It merely said "DEAR MR. TRELYON: If you have a moment to spare, my mother would be most obliged to you if you would call on her. I hope you will forgive the trouble. "Yours sincerely, WENNA ROSEWARNE." When the young man got that note he was just entering the hotel when the servant arrived he stared with surprise. He told the girl he would call on Mrs.
She was indeed thinking too much about the young man, and her mother was right in saying so; but who was to understand the extreme anxiety that possessed her to bring these dangerous relations to an end? On the, following afternoon Wenna, sitting alone at the window, heard Trelyon enter below.
Now, when Harry Trelyon drove up to the Hall after leaving Wenna Rosewarne in the road he could not tell why he was vexed with her. He imagined somehow that she should not have allowed Mr. Roscorla to come home; and to come home just at this moment, when he, Trelyon, had stolen down for a couple of days to have a shy look at the sweet-heart who was so far out of his reach!
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