I was now her promised husband.

Judging by what I had heard of the proceedings of other people in my position, it seemed to be only right that I should be made known to her father and mother.

She entirely agreed with me; and she wrote home that day to tell them to expect us at the end of the week.
I took my turn of night-duty, and so gained my liberty for the greater part of the next day.

I dressed myself in plain clothes, and we took our tickets on the railway for Yateland, being the nearest station to the village in which Priscilla's parents lived.
VI.
THE train stopped, as usual, at the big town of Waterbank.

Supporting herself by her needle, while she was still unprovided with a situation, Priscilla had been at work late in the night--she was tired and thirsty.
I left the carriage to get her some soda-water.