She was longing for a little solitude to bethink her of the new position in which she found herself; for, though she had a dreamy curiosity about her pre-existences, she had a very active and positive interest in the success and happiness of her present life.
Suddenly she remembered Charlotte, and with the remembrance came the fact that she had not seen her since the early forenoon.

But she immediately coupled the circumstance with the absence of the squire, and then she reached the real solution of the position in a moment.

"They have gone to Up-Hill, of course.

Father always goes the day before Christmas; and Charlotte, no doubt, expected to find Steve at home.

I must tell Julius about Charlotte and Steve.