Why not resolutely believe that she had been his uncle's true and simple friend! He adopted the resolution, thanking her for one recognized fact:--he hated marriage, and would by this time have been in the yoke, but for the agreeable deviation of his path to her society.

Since his visit to Copsley, moreover, Lady Dunstane's idolizing, of her friend had influenced him.
Reflecting on it, he recovered from the shock which his uncle's request had caused.
Certain positive calculations were running side by side with the speculations in vapour.

His messenger would reach her house at about four of the afternoon.

If then at home, would she decide to start immediately ?--Would she come?
That was a question he did not delay to answer.

Would she defer the visit?
Death replied to that.