[Fated to Be Free by Jean Ingelow]@TWC D-Link bookFated to Be Free CHAPTER XVII 8/14
Of course she will.
Sweet D.! Well, it can't be helped now." It was natural enough that he should cogitate over the best way of managing his first meeting with them; but he had not been an hour in his uncle's house before he found that Grand was shortly going to give a great dinner party for the bride mainly consisting of relatives and very old friends.
This, it was evident, would be the most natural time for him to present himself. Valentine loved comfort and luxury, and finding himself established quite as if he had been a younger son in the house--a horse kept for him to ride, and a small sitting-room set aside in which he could see his friends--he experienced a glow of pleasure at first, and he soon perceived that his presence was a real pleasure to his old uncle; so, settling himself with characteristic ease in his place, he felt hourly more and more content with his new home. It was not till he came down into the drawing-room before dinner on the day of the party that he began to feel excited and agitated.
A good many of the guests were already present, he went up to one and to another, and then advanced to speak to Miss Christie, who was arrayed in a wonderful green gown, bought new for the occasion. "Mr.and Mrs.Brandon," sounded clearly all down the long room, and he turned slowly and saw them.
For one instant they appeared to be standing quite still, and so he often saw them side by side in his thoughts ever after.
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