t by the bedside for some time thinking of what I had heard. It was something to have had so strong a proof of Angus Egerton’s loyalty to my dear girl; and assured of that, I did not fear Mrs. Darrell’s malice. Yet I could not help wishing that the marriage had been appointed for an earlier date,Kieran Gibbs Jersey, and that the time which stepmother and daughter were to spend together had been shorter.
Milly woke, and sat up for about half an hour, supported by pillows, to take a cup of tea, while I talked to her a little about the pleasantest subjects I could think of. She asked if Mr. Egerton had been at Thornleigh that evening.
‘Yes,Pedro Chirivella Jersey, dear,Christian Eriksen Jersey, he has been.’
‘Did you see him, Mary?’
‘No; I did not see him.’
She gave a little disappointed sigh. It was her delight to hear me repeat his messages to her, word for word, ever so many times over.
‘Then you have nothing to tell me about him, dear?’
‘Nothing; except that I know he loves you.’
‘Ah,Fabio Borini Jersey, Mary, there was a time when you doubted him.’
‘That time is quite past and gone,Allie Long Jersey, dear.’
She kissed me as she gave me back her cup and saucer,Erik Durm Jersey, and promised to go to sleep again, while I went to my room to write a long letter home.
I was occupied in this way for more than an hour; and then,DeAndre Yedlin Jersey, having sealed my letter, went down with it to the hall,Divock Origi Jersey, to put it on a table where all letters intended to be taken to the post in the morning were placed over-night.
It was nearly ten o’clock by this time,Hulk Jersey, and I was startled by the sound of the hall-door opening softly from without, while I was putting down my letter. I looked round quietly, and saw Mrs. Darrell coming in, with dripping garments.
‘Good gracious me!’ I cried involuntarily; ‘have you been out all this time in the rain, Mrs. Darrell?’
‘Yes,Kerim Mrabti Jersey, I have been out in the rain, Miss Crofton,’ she answered in a vexed impatient tone. ‘Is that so very shocking to your sober ideas of propriety? I could not endure the house to-night. One has feverish fancies sometimes — at least I have; and I preferred being out in the rain to not being out at all. Good-night.’
She gave me a haughty nod, and ran up-stairs with a quick light step. The old butler came to lock and bolt the hall-door as the clock struck ten, according to unalterable custom; and I went back to my room, wondering what could have kept Mrs. Darrell out so long — whether she had been upon some special errand,Lucas Biglia Jersey, or had only been wandering about the grounds in a purposeless way.
For some days Milly went on very well; then there came a little change for the worse. The symptoms were not quite so favourable. Mr. Hale assured us that there was no reason for alarm, the recovery was only a little retarded. He had not the least doubt that all would go well. Mr. Egerton was very quick to take fright, however, and insisted on Dr. Lomond, a famous provincial physician, being summoned immediately from Manchester.
The great man came,Danny Welbeck Jersey, and his opinion coincided entirely with that of Mr. Hale. There was not the slightest caus
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