Carriages were ordered under the
idea that some improvement might be made at the inn which was
nearly a mile distant. Very few, however, had their own carriages,
and there was jockeying for the vehicles. In the midst of all this
Silverbridge remained near to Miss Boncassen as circumstances
would admit. 'You are not waiting for me,' she said.
'Yes I am. We might as well go up to town together.'
'Leave me with father and mother. Like the captain of a ship, I
must be the last to leave the wreck.'
'But I'll be the gallant sailor of the day, who always at the risk
of his life sticks to the skipper to the last moment.'
'Not at all;--just because there will be no gallantry. But come and
see us tomorrow and find out whether we have got through it alive.'
CHAPTER 33
The Langham Hotel
'What an abominable climate,' Mrs Boncassen had said when they
were quite alone at Maidenhead.
'My dear, you didn't think you were going to bring New York along
with you when you came here,' replied her husband.
'I wish I was going back tomorrow.
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