Descending the hollow, or rather excavation,—for it was an old disused clay-pit, at the bottom of which the cottage was situated,—he speedily succeeded in arousing the ancient sibyl, and having committed Edgeworth Bess to her care, with a promise of an abundant reward in case she watched diligently over her safety, and attended to her comforts till his return,—to all which Black Mary readily agreed,—he departed with a heart lightened of half its load. "Suppose we go and have tea? I'd like to take you to a teahouse I know, but we'll go to the Victoria instead. I don’t know why that should be so acutely humiliating. I came to beg you instead to do me the honour of becoming my wife. . Part 7 “And what are you doing here, young lady,” he said, looking up at her face, “wandering alone so far from home?” “I like long walks,” said Ann Veronica, looking down on him. Well, this was the side of the world where things like that happened. He was almost paralyzed with nervousness and desire. He suggested they take the remains of the household to his country estate, where he could at least hunt through the winter to provide them venison and grouse. ‘But I am perfectly serious,’ he returned in a voice of protest. “With your permission,” he said to Anna, “I shall arrange a bed for him where he is. ‘He can’t be Valade, that’s certain,’ mused Gerald, unheeding.
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