[A Laodicean by Thomas Hardy]@TWC D-Link bookA Laodicean BOOK THE SECOND 21/88
Are you getting on quite well, and do you want to know anything more? If so, go to the castle, and get anybody to assist you.
Why would you not make use of the room at your disposal in the castle, as the other architect has done ?' In asking the question her face was towards the window, and suddenly her cheeks became a rosy red.
She instantly looked another way. 'Having my own office so near, it was not necessary, thank you,' replied Havill, as, noting her countenance, he allowed his glance to stray into the street.
Somerset was walking past on the opposite side. 'The time is--the time fixed for sending in the drawings is the first of November, I believe,' she said confusedly; 'and the decision will be come to by three gentlemen who are prominent members of the Institute of Architects.' Havill then accompanied her to the carriage, and she drove away. Havill went to the back window to tell Dare that he need not stay in the garden; but the garden was empty.
The architect remained alone in his office for some time; at the end of a quarter of an hour, when the scream of a railway whistle had echoed down the still street, he beheld Somerset repassing the window in a direction from the railway, with somewhat of a sad gait.
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