Madonna Mary . arried that man Penroses sister. ^s memorv was so long, that it did not Madonna Mary. 33 seem to him a very great stretch to go back tothat. Not that the young woman was amiss inherself, but the man who, with his eyes open,burdened his unborn descendants with such anuncle, was worse than lunatic—he was was what Sir Edward thought as he wentquietly home, with a rather comfortable drearysense of satisfaction in his heart in the thoughtthat his own beha^dour had been marked by nosuch aberrations; and, in the meantime, Winniewas fanning the embers of her own
Madonna Mary . arried that man Penroses sister. ^s memorv was so long, that it did not Madonna Mary. 33 seem to him a very great stretch to go back tothat. Not that the young woman was amiss inherself, but the man who, with his eyes open,burdened his unborn descendants with such anuncle, was worse than lunatic—he was was what Sir Edward thought as he wentquietly home, with a rather comfortable drearysense of satisfaction in his heart in the thoughtthat his own beha^dour had been marked by nosuch aberrations; and, in the meantime, Winniewas fanning the embers of her own wrath, andMary had sickened somehow with a sense ofinsecurity and unexplainable apprehension. Onthe other hand, the two young creatures werevery happy on the road to the Ladys Well, andWill addressed himself to his strange businesswith resolution: and, painful as its characterwas, was not pained to speak of, but only ex-cited. So ran the course of the world upon thatordinary summer day. VOL. III. CHAPTER F the strangest kind were Wilfridssensations when he found himself inthe streets of Carlisle on his extra-ordinary mission It was the firsttime he had ever taken any step absolutelyby himself. To be sure, he had been broughtup in full possession of the freedom of an Englishboy, in whose honour everybody has confidence—but never before had he been moved by an indi-vidual impulse to independent action, nor had heknown what it was to have a secret in his mind,and an enterprise which had to be conductedwholly according to his own judgment, and inrespect to which he could ask for no he emerged out of the railway station,and found himself actually in the streets, a thrillof excitement, sudden and strange, came overhim. He had known very well all along whathe was coming to do, and yet he seemed only to Madonna Mary. 35 become aware of it at that momeiit_, when he puthis foot upon the pavement,, and was appealed toby cab-drivers, eager to take him t
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