'I suppose Captain Green was the leader in all that.'
'Now it is all done and gone I own to a certain regard for the
Major. He was true to me till he thought I snubbed him. I would
not let him go down to Silverbridge with me. I always thought that
I drove the poor Major to his malpractice.'
At this moment Dolly Longstaff sauntered into the room and came up
to them. It may be remembered that Dolly had declared his purpose
of emigrating. As soon as he heard that the Duke's heir had
serious thoughts of marrying the lady whom he loved he withdrew at
once from the contest, but, as he did so, he acknowledged that
there could be no longer a home for him in the country which
Isabel was to inhabit as the wife of another man. Gradually,
however, better thoughts returned to him. After all, what was she
but a 'pert poppet'? He determined that marriage 'clips a
fellow's wings confoundedly', and so he set himself to enjoy life
after his old fashion. There was perhaps a little swagger as he
threw himself into a chair and addressed the happy lover.
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