17/17 The Countess took care to be late, so that all eyes beheld her stately march up the aisle, with her captive beside her. Charming comic side-play, at the expense of Mr.Parsley, she mingled with exceeding devoutness, and a serious attention to Mr.Parsley's discourse. In her heart this lady really thought her confessed daily sins forgiven her by the recovery of the lost sheep to Mr.Parsley's fold. The results of this small passage of arms were, that Evan's disclosure at Fallow field was annulled in the mind of Harry Jocelyn, and the latter gentleman became the happy slave of the Countess de Saldar.. |