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Every day dragged on more slowly than the last; at every meal he was less inclined to eat; and his happiest time was when going to bed, because he was a day nearer Crofton. His mother, foreseeing just what happened, wished to have kept the news from him till within a week of his departure, and had agreed with Mr. Proctor that it should be so. But Mr.
He kept me waiting a few minutes, while he got this book ready to send to you, Miss Helena." "What are you saying, Martha? I have sent him nothing!" exclaimed Miss Pyne, much astonished. "What does she mean, Helena?" "Only a few cherries," explained Helena. "I thought Mr. Crofton would like them after his afternoon of parish calls.
As the other hesitated, Miss Crofton went on, in a very friendly tone: "I hope you won't think it interfering that I should speak as I am doing? I expected to find you much less comfortably circumstanced, and I was going to propose that I should increase what I had feared would be a very small income, by two hundred a year."
But Enid Crofton was never unpleasant in manner to anybody, and she even forced herself to smile, as she exclaimed: "I was not expecting a visitor so late, but I'm very pleased to see you all the same, Master Timmy! How wonderful that you should have been able to reach my knocker. It's placed so very high up on the door I think I must get it altered."
Tosswill handed his guest into the pony cart with his usual, rather aloof, courtesy; and after all the good-byes had been said, and as Jack drove down the long, solitary avenue, Enid Crofton told herself that in spite of that horrible incident with the dog it was so strange that Flick should come, as it were, to haunt her out of her old life, the life she was so anxious to forget she had had a very promising and successful evening.
There was nothing in the world that Hugh was more certain of than this. "And yet I tell you," she continued, "that you will not be nearly so happy at Crofton as you expect at least, at first. It grieves me to see you so full of expectation " "Does it indeed, mother?" "It does indeed. But my comfort is " "You think I can bear it," cried Hugh, holding up his head. "You think I can bear anything."
On his arrival there, much to his disappointment, Captain Martin found that the Thisbe was not yet ready for sea. Rayner was considering how to dispose of himself during the intermediate time. He did not expect that Mrs Crofton would offer him a room, but he wished, at all events, to pay her and Mary a visit, as they had always shown so friendly a feeling towards him.
The lawn is as trim as can be, and there's a border of shrubs and flowers all along the drive. How little real change to make so much! That's Jean, I know. Oh, and there's Jean herself, running down the steps! She sees us!" "Is that really Jeannette Crofton?" Craig doubted. "Yes for a fact! Well, well!"
And so say all of us, says Jack. Thousand a year, Lambert, says Crofton or Crawford. Right, says Ned, taking up his John Jameson. And butter for fish. I was just looking around to see who the happy thought would strike when be damned but in he comes again letting on to be in a hell of a hurry. I was just round at the courthouse, says he, looking for you. I hope I'm not...
When he came home from his walk, Agnes thought he looked less happy than when he went out; and she feared his spirits were down about Crofton. His spirits were up and down many times during the next three weeks. He thought these weeks would never be over.
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