Mr.Hamilton was so very silent all the way home that I was somewhat puzzled; he did not speak at all about Phoebe,--only said that he was afraid that I was very tired, and that he was the same; and when we came in sight of the cottage he left me rather abruptly; if it had not been for his few approving words to Susan Locke, I should have thought something had displeased him.
Uncle Max made me feel a little uncomfortable the next morning.

I met him as I was starting for my daily work, and he walked with me to Mrs.
Marshall's.
'I was up at Gladwyn last evening, Ursula,' he began.

'Miss Elizabeth is still away, but the other ladies asked very kindly after you.

Miss Hamilton means to call on you one afternoon, only she seems puzzled to know how she is ever to find you at home.

I cannot think what put Hamilton into such a bad temper; he scarcely spoke to any of us, and looked horribly cranky, only I laughed at him and he got better; he never mentioned your name.