. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . asyow^ friend, Lavinia Moffat. I was just reflecting that I had forgottento say anything about fully realising thehonour he had done me, when I noticed thatMr. Buxs letter bore no address. How thencould I reply, I .asked myself in consternation—how prevent that fateful interview withVernon ? There was no way, absolutely Oriental admirer was doubtless in theneighbourhood, but I could not take longwalks in the jungle in the hope of meetinghim—I was too much afraid of meeting otherthings. I could neither trust Verno
. Vernon's aunt : being the oriental experiences of Miss Lavinia Moffat . asyow^ friend, Lavinia Moffat. I was just reflecting that I had forgottento say anything about fully realising thehonour he had done me, when I noticed thatMr. Buxs letter bore no address. How thencould I reply, I .asked myself in consternation—how prevent that fateful interview withVernon ? There was no way, absolutely Oriental admirer was doubtless in theneighbourhood, but I could not take longwalks in the jungle in the hope of meetinghim—I was too much afraid of meeting otherthings. I could neither trust Vernonsheathen servants, nor make them understand,except Radabullub, who already, I could see,had his private objections to my presence atNuddiwalla. Clearly, I had no resource butto lock the two letters up in my writing-deskas mementoes, which I did, wondering if someday, when faded and yellowy they would fall VERNONS AUNT 149 into the hands of my executors and weave aposthumous romance about my memory. Irather hoped they would. Then I endeavoured to analyse my reasons. I ENDEAVOURED TO ANALYSE MY REASONS for wishing to keep Mr. Buxs admiration ofmyself a secret from Vernon, and found thatthere was, after all, nothing in them, exceptperhaps a natural shyness, which was per- I50 VERNONS AUNT fectly absurd with ones own nephew. I con-cluded, however, not to mention this matterto him until the time came. I have alwaysthought that in a d(!noue7nei^t I should domyself justice, and I simply made up my mindto go through with it. r VERNONS AUNT 151 CHAPTER VII When, during the week or ten days thatfollowed, Vernon questioned me, on accountof my pre-occupation, as to w^hether I wasfeeling homesick, I flatter myself that Inever betrayed the situation by so much asa start or a blush. I told him that hishousekeeping gave me a great deal to thinkof, and that I was engaged in arrangingvarious forms of discipline for Radabullub,which was quite as much as he needed toknow. As a matter of fact,
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