Sons of Dives : a novel . er woman,in love: so I drop the veil henceforth overall that passed between them. Isabel followed close on Lord Clares visit. How was Captain Blake ? Might she seehim to-day? Oh yes, he is decidedly better; care andquiet still important; but you prescribed sowell for him yesterday, you seem to understandhis case so thoroughly, that you are invitedto pay him a short visit, and to lunch with meevery day, when it does not encroach toomuch on your more agreeable engagements,answered the happy, mischievous Sibyl. 236 SONS OF DIVES. The two girls had much to tell each other
Sons of Dives : a novel . er woman,in love: so I drop the veil henceforth overall that passed between them. Isabel followed close on Lord Clares visit. How was Captain Blake ? Might she seehim to-day? Oh yes, he is decidedly better; care andquiet still important; but you prescribed sowell for him yesterday, you seem to understandhis case so thoroughly, that you are invitedto pay him a short visit, and to lunch with meevery day, when it does not encroach toomuch on your more agreeable engagements,answered the happy, mischievous Sibyl. 236 SONS OF DIVES. The two girls had much to tell each other,many events to explain, and to relate, and towonder over, and some confessions on Sibylspart regarding her unfounded suspicions ofIsabels flirting tendency. But after thatscene in the long walk at Standish you willallow that it was difficult for me to guess atthe truth, said Sibyl. Perhaps so, but remember, you did notwait to see the end, replied Isabel archly. From this conversation dated a fast andlife-long CHAPTER XXX. For everything created In the bounds of earth and sky, Hath such longing to be mated, It must couple or must die. The wind of heaven beguiles the leaf; The rose invites the bee ; The sickle hugs the barley sheaf, And I love night and day, in joy and grief, Do thou love me ? T~^vUNCAN lived. Happiness seemed to^-^ have renewed the thread of life ; butat present only as an invalid. As soon as it was possible to move himwith safety he and his sister went to thesouth coast of England, where the sea breezesdid much to strengthen him and restore his 238 SONS OF DIVES, general health ; but a great and seriousdelicacy of the chest remained. Later in the autumn the whole party foundthemselves once more assembled under thehospitable roof of Standish. Mrs. and MissVernon, Lord Mount Ida, Lord Clare, Captainand Miss Blake, Mrs. and Miss Domville,Col. Swift (Sebastopol having fallen), who hadlately brought the remnants of his regimentback to England,
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