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'Do you feel the change? 'I cannot say I do not. 'I suppose, however, you have brought yourself to believe in Mrs Caffyn's philosophy? 'I cannot say that, but I may say that I am scarcely strong enough for mere endurance, and I therefore always endeavour to find something agreeable in circumstances from which there is no escape.
Was it possible to make use of Caffyn's desire for a travelling companion, and turn it to his own purpose? If Caffyn was so anxious to have Holroyd with him in the Lakes, why not let him?
Featherstone made a movement towards him. 'Oh, Mr. Holroyd, she said, with a very strained smile, 'you mustn't come in, please: we're we're talking over our little play state secrets, you know! Caffyn's smile meant mischief as he said: 'Mr. Holroyd has every right to be here, my dear Mrs. Featherstone, as you'll allow when I tell you who he is. He has too much diffidence to assert himself. Mr.
Caffyn's was a nature that liked tortuous ways for their own sake; he had kept his suspicions to himself hitherto, he was averse to taking any direct action until he was quite sure of his ground. He had those papers in Holroyd's writing, it was true, but he had begun to feel that they were not evidence enough to act on.
They are too far, though, and, then, that man Baruch must go with us. He'd be company for Marshall, and he sticks up in Clerkenwell and never goes nowhere. You remember as Marshall said as he must ask him the next time we had an outing. Clara had not forgotten it. 'Ah, continued Mrs Caffyn, 'I should just love to show you Mickleham. Mrs Caffyn's heart yearned after her Surrey land.
The train came in with a fringe of expectant porters hanging on the footboards, and as the doors flew open to discharge a crowd, flurried but energetic, like stirred ants, even Caffyn's well-regulated pulse beat faster.
He saw Caffyn too, who gave him a cool side-jerk of the head at parting, with a smile which, when Mark recollected it later, seemed to account for some of the uneasiness he felt. But, after all, this desperate plan had prospered, thanks to Caffyn's unconscious assistance.
I ain't a-going to say anything more to you; God-A'mighty, He's above us all; but p'r'aps you may be comm' this way again some day, and then you'll look in. Madge turned again to the light, and again caught Mrs Caffyn's hand, but was silent.
She was very weary, and the stamp on Mrs Caffyn's countenance was indubitable; it was evidently no forgery, but of royal mintage. They walked slowly to Letherhead, and there they found the carrier's cart, which took them to Great Oakhurst.
'Some old envelope! The worst of Caffyn's fear vanished when he heard that. She did not know that it contained an unread letter then; she did not guess how could she, when Dolly herself did not know it where the letter had come from. He might appease her yet!
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