The white rose . orld now. His heart, all sore and quivering,was painfidly sensitive to the touch of consolationand affection. What wonder if he suffered his wisernature to be overborne ; what wonder if he acceptedall that was so lavishh poured out at his feet,and shutting his e^es wilfulty to consequences, pro-mised Fanny Draper that she shoidd be a ladyas soon as ever he was strong enough to stand iip andsay amen in a church? Mr. Bruff, could he have obtained admittance,might have taken a very pretty lesson in stage love-making during the next half-hour. Gerard Ainslie,lending himself willin
The white rose . orld now. His heart, all sore and quivering,was painfidly sensitive to the touch of consolationand affection. What wonder if he suffered his wisernature to be overborne ; what wonder if he acceptedall that was so lavishh poured out at his feet,and shutting his e^es wilfulty to consequences, pro-mised Fanny Draper that she shoidd be a ladyas soon as ever he was strong enough to stand iip andsay amen in a church? Mr. Bruff, could he have obtained admittance,might have taken a very pretty lesson in stage love-making during the next half-hour. Gerard Ainslie,lending himself willingly to that which he knew allthe time was an illusion, vowed to his own heartthat he was acting nobly, honourably, chivalrously,according to the dictates of gratitude, and as induty bound ; while Fanny Draper, in love for thefirst time in her life, felt she had gained everythinghitherto desired by her ill-regulated fancy, and wasready, nay, willing, to take the consequences of herventure, be they what they CHAPTER XX. THE HONEYMOON. There was a pretty little room at Oakover, opcnmgby a Frencli window into a sheltered flower-garden,wMcli Mrs. Yandeleur had voted from the very firstespecially adapted for a breakfast-parlour. Itsbright paper, pretty furniture, choice engravings,and, above all, abundance of light, afforded everyencouragement to that cheerfulness of mood andfeelings with which it is advisable to begin the must have been an obstinate fit of ill-humourto resist all these accessories, assisted by a glimpse ofsunshine, a well-served breakfast, and a comfortablefire. Into this pleasant apartment stepped Mr. Yan-deleur about ten oclock in the morning towardsthe conclusion of that sequestered period termed 254 THE WHITE ROSE. conyentionallj his honeymoon, but on the bride-grooms worn face sat an expression of restlessnessand discontent in keeping neither with time norplace. He walked up to the fire, seized the poker,gave a savage dig at the coals, and rang t
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