Hagarene [electronic resource] . lished,lengthening day by day. For, in despite of all watch and 154 Hagarcne. ward, a certain correspondence was still maintained ; andeach of the letters, as it arrived—in a condensed form ofcourse—accompanied Archbold to Creggmore. He, too, had noticed the majors odd fidgety behaviour,and had remarked on it once or twice to Mariette. But forsome reason—best known to herself—she always turned thesubject dexterously aside ; and Clare was much too indolentto trouble himself about any eccentricities that did not in-terfere with his own convenience. Setting aside
Hagarene [electronic resource] . lished,lengthening day by day. For, in despite of all watch and 154 Hagarcne. ward, a certain correspondence was still maintained ; andeach of the letters, as it arrived—in a condensed form ofcourse—accompanied Archbold to Creggmore. He, too, had noticed the majors odd fidgety behaviour,and had remarked on it once or twice to Mariette. But forsome reason—best known to herself—she always turned thesubject dexterously aside ; and Clare was much too indolentto trouble himself about any eccentricities that did not in-terfere with his own convenience. Setting aside the con-sciousness of his own innocence—he would as soon havesuspected that rigid martinet of jealousy, or any other de-vouring passion, as an archbishop of card-sharping. So, for some two months after Clare Archbolds return,everything went on smoothly and prosperously ; and, in thedaily current of events at Ballynane, there was no more ofbreak or ripple than is to be found on deep water just whereit curves to the fall.
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