'I did not mean to doubt it,' said the old lady. 'But as it has
occurred, Mabel, don't you think that he had better go?'
'He won't bite anybody, Miss Cass.'
'Certainly not,' said Mary, speaking for the first time. 'But now
he is here--' Then she stopped herself, rose from the sofa, sat
down, and then rising again, stepped up to her lover,--who rose at
the same moment,--and threw herself into his arms and put up her
lips to be kissed.
'This won't do at all,' said Silverbridge. Miss Cassewary clasped
her hands together and looked up to heaven. She probably had never
seen such a thing done before. Lady Mabel's eyes were filled with
tears, and though in all this there was much to cause her anguish,
still in her heart of hearts, she admired the brave girl who could
thus show her truth to her lover.
'Now go,' said Mary, through her sobs.
'Now own one,' ejaculated Tregear.
'Yes, yes, yes; always your own. Go,--go, go.' She was weeping and
sobbing as she said this, and hiding her face with her
handkerchief. He stood for a moment irresolute, and then left the
room without a word of adieu to anyone.
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