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"Did you hate the bishop that much?" I asked. "Worse than other bishops?" "Not at all," said Lalage. "I never saw him except once and then I thought he was quite a lamb." "Hilda," I said, "why did you hop out of your shoes with excitement and delight when you heard of the death of an old gentleman who never did you any harm?" "We'll have to elect another, won't we?" said Lalage.
I was not exactly surprised, but the news was so very important that I felt it right to make absolutely certain of its truth. "You're quite sure, I suppose?" I said. "Lalage has been here with me. She has only just gone." "Then we may regard it as settled." "You silly boy! Haven't you been settling it for the last hour?" "That's exactly what I want to know. Have I? I mean to say, have we?"
My first impulse was to start for home with a sigh of relief.. Then I remembered that some one would have to explain to Lalage and Miss Battersby that Hilda and her mother had really gone. The Canon would not be able to do this because he had gone out fishing before they left. The maid was obviously a stupid girl.
He had added a few more things, pointed and true, but none the less they had parted good friends, and for a time Jimmy tried to fight his enemy, remembering his promise to Lalage; but it was always the same in the end. His black hour would come on him, and he would recall his great treason, and tell himself bitterly that she had been the first to set the example in the matter of broken faith.
I have a much greater respect and liking for the person who says plainly what she means than " "She didn't. She wouldn't think it ladylike." "Didn't what?" "Didn't say straight out what she meant." "She can't have meant more," I said. "After all, we must be reasonable. There isn't any more that any one could mean." "You're very stupid," said Lalage. "I keep on telling you she didn't say it.
"Is Tithers another name for the Puffin?" "No," said Lalage. "Tithers is Joey P." "He signed his letter Joseph P.," said Hilda, "so at first we called him that." Titherington usually signs himself Joseph P. I inferred that he was Tithers. "You liked him?" I said. "In some ways he's rather an ass," said Lalage, "'and just at first I thought he was inclined to have too good an opinion of himself.
The latter was not pleasant thought, especially as the final letter to Lalage remained unwritten. He had intended to do it that night, had really made up his mind to do it; but now this scene with Vera seemed to have shaken his nerves, and he felt he could stand no more strain until he had had a good sleep. There was really no immediate hurry for a day or two.
They might not be married, in fact he had decided that there could be no question of marriage between them; but, none the less, as long as he was going under another name, he wanted people to believe they had legalised their union, and to respect Lalage accordingly.
I don't want you to get yourself tied up in some impossible knot. You'd far better leave it to me." I assured him that I did not in the least want to talk, but I persisted in my determination to be present at the interview. Titherington had bullied me enough for one evening and my promise to put myself entirely in his hands was never meant to extend to the limiting of my intercourse with Lalage.
Lalage watched him with big, troubled eyes, not for the first time. "I think you had better go, dear," she said. "The change may do you good, and it'll take your mind off these stupid worries. I shall manage all right alone. I'm used to it, you see." He took her words in the wrong sense, and glanced at her with sudden jealous suspicion, which she saw and strove hard to ignore.
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