Something warned him that Bryngelly Vicarage would prove a fateful abode for him.

Then Elizabeth rose and asked Lady Honoria if she would like to see the rooms her husband and Effie would occupy.
She said she should be delighted and went off, followed by Mr.Granger fussing in the rear.
"Don't you think that you will be a little dull here, Mr.Bingham ?" said Beatrice.
"On the contrary," he answered.

"Why should I be dull?
I cannot be so dull as I should be by myself." Beatrice hesitated, and then spoke again.

"We are a curious family, Mr.
Bingham; you may have seen as much this afternoon.

Had you not better think it over ?" "If you mean that you do not want me to come, I won't," he said rather bluntly, and next second felt that he had made a mistake.
"I!" Beatrice answered, opening her eyes.