She hurried to her own room.

And when Margery, much amazed, came to tell her that Mr.Percy was asking for her, she said quietly, "Tell him that I have not left my room yet, and that I wish him a safe and prosperous voyage." They were the first words she thought of, and they sufficed.

He went home, and commenced his preparations for departure without further delay; by that means greatly contenting Mrs.
Bellairs, who at present wished for nothing so much as to be rid of her handsome guest.

She was very civil to him, however, in the prospect of his going away, and the temptation to speak to her about Lucia again beset him strongly.

But then to tell her, or even hint to her ever so slightly, that he had been rejected by a little simple Canadian girl, was not so easy a matter to his masculine pride as it would have been yesterday, so the time passed, and nothing was said.
As the boat went down the river Mr.Percy stood on deck, and watched anxiously for the Cottage, hoping to catch the flutter of a light dress, and to know that Lucia saw him go.