Let me assure you that you need feel no further anxiety! I am far too selfish to wish to have him laid up, and shall certainly not send him to Hungerford. After such a strict upbringing as you have endured is it for me to tell you that a young female of your quality may not travel without her abigail?
Moreover, if the road should be worse than we expect you might be obliged to spend a night at some posting-house, you know. The easy confidence with which he uttered these words made her hope very much that he would meet with a rebuff from Alice, but nothing so salutary happened. The thaw set in, and with it arrived the errant ostler, full of hair-raising accounts of the state of the road. Mrs Scaling told him darkly that he would be sorry presently that he had not made a push to return immediately to the Blue Boar; and when he learned what noble guests she was entertaining he was indeed sorry.
But when he discovered that the stables had fallen under the governance of an autocrat who showed no disposition to abdicate in his favour, but, on the contrary, every disposition to set him to work harder than he had ever done, he was not so sorry. Swale was forced to eat his dinner in the kitchen amongst the vulgar, but no power known to man could force him to notice the existence of a common ostler.
So aloof was his demeanour, so disdainful his glance, that the ostler at first mistook him for his master. He discovered later that the Duke was more approachable. The first vehicles to pass the inn came from the west, a circumstance which made Phoebe very uneasy; but a day later the Bristol Mail went by, at so unusual an hour that Mrs Scaling said they might depend upon it the road was still mortal bad to the eastward. I could not reconcile it with my conscience to let you set forth in such circumstances!
This was presently confirmed by Mrs Scaling, who said, however, that there was no telling whether they had come from London, or from no farther afield than Newbury. She was of the opinion that it would be unwise to venture on such a hazardous journey until the snow had entirely gone from the road; and was regaling Phoebe with a horrid story of three outside passengers on the stage-coach who had died of the cold in just such weather, when Sylvester arrived on the scene, and put an end to this daunting history by observing that since Miss Phoebe was not proposing to travel to London on the roof of a stage-coach there was no need for anyone to feel apprehensive on her account.
Mrs Scaling reluctantly conceded this point, but warned his grace that there was a dangerous gravel-pit between Newbury and Reading, very hard to see when there had been heavy falls of snow. Many people are, I believe, and cannot help themselves, try as they will. I rose at this unseasonable hour wholly on your behalf, but I might yet decide not to go to Newbury after all.
I can hazard a tolerably accurate conjecture, I imagine! Though strongly tempted to reply in kind, Sylvester decided, upon reflection, to hold his peace. What an abominable girl you are! Will you have some more bread-and-butter, sir? Will you set out for Newbury soon? Whatever should I do if Mama were to arrive while you are gone?
The sound of wheels outside made her once or twice look up apprehensively, but the approach of a ridden horse along the road caused her no alarm. She heard, but paid no heed; and so it was that Mr Orde, walking into the room without ceremony, took her entirely by surprise.
She gave a gasp, and dropped the cards she was holding. Now, what the devil do you mean by this, either of you? Young cawker! And what did my horses break? Let alone being the death of your father! He relented, seeing that he had really frightened her, and patted her whitened cheek. The Squire threw him a glance of affectionate scorn. She would have gone on the common stage if I had not, sir! I was afraid I should find it to be a case of broken knees.
He had not discovered the identity of his patient, but he knew who was the elegant young man who had commanded his attendance at the Blue Boar; and it was rather too much to expect of a humble country practitioner that he would refrain from letting it be known as widely as possible that he had lately been called by His Grace of Salford. No, he had not been much surprised. Reaching the Manor not many hours after Tom had left it, he had been met by a distracted helpmate, who poured horrifying tidings into his incredulous ears.
But he hoped he knew Tom well enough to be sure he had not eloped. A pretty gudgeon he had thought Marlow, to be hoaxed by such a tale! He had assumed his heir to be well able to take care of himself, as the lord knew with an ironical eyebrow cocked at Tom he ought to have been!
He had awaited events. The first of these had been the return of Marlow to Austerby with a bad chill, and no news of the fugitives. Skip to main content. About this product. Stock photo. Brand new: lowest price The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising.
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