As soon as the service was over, Thames contrived to approach him, and whispered, "Be cautious,—the funeral will take place after evening service. “Beautiful these autumn flowers are,” said Ann Veronica, in a wide, uncomfortable pause. It was not necessary to appease the wrath of human society; it was necessary only to appease that of God for the broken Commandment. ’ ‘But, Hilary—’ ‘Don’t you begin, Lucilla, for I won’t stand for it. Why hadn't he gone on with the girl's story? What instinct had stuffed it back into his throat? Why the inexplicable impulse to hurry this rather pathetic derelict on his way? CHAPTER XV Previous to his illness, Spurlock's mind had been tortured by an appalling worry, so that now, in the process of convalescence, it might be compared to a pool which had been violently stirred: there were indications of subsidence, but there were still strange forms swirling on the surface—whims and fancies which in normal times would never have risen above sub-consciousness. Oh! that I should live to be father-in-law to a peer of France! What would my poor wife say to it, if she could come to life again? Oh, Thames!—my lord marquis, I mean—you have made me the happiest—the proudest of mankind. Having ascertained by the breathing which room Thames occupied, he speedily contrived to fasten him in. That was the only sound he heard. What happened between Ruth and her father that made him hurry off without passing ordinary courtesies with me?" "I suppose I ought to tell you," said Spurlock; "but it is understood that Ruth shall never know the truth. “You are the Sir John Ferringhall who has bought the Lyndmore estate, are you not?” she remarked. There were cakes and sandwiches—for Ennison a sort of Elysian feast, long to be remembered. At this moment, a door was opened below; lights gleamed on the walls; and the figures of Rowland and Sir Cecil were distinguished at the foot of the stairs.
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