Hitherto he had never been there without staying for the night; but
on this occasion he made up his mind to return the same day. "It
would not be civil of me not to go there," he said to his aunt.
"Certainly not," she replied, forbearing to press the matter further.
"But why make such a terrible hard day's work of it?"
"Oh, I shall go down in the cool, before breakfast; and then I need
not have the bother of taking a bag."
And in this way he started. Miss Jack said nothing further; but she
longed in her heart that she might be at Marian's elbow unseen during
the visit.
He found them all at breakfast, and the first to welcome him at the
hall door was Marian. "Oh, Mr. Cumming, we are so glad to see you;"
and she looked into his eyes with a way she had, that was enough to
make a man's heart wild. But she not call him Maurice now.
Miss Jack had spoken to her sister, Mrs. Leslie, as well as to Mr.
Leslie, about this marriage scheme. "Just let them alone," was Mrs.
Leslie's advice. "You can't alter Marian by lecturing her. If they
really love each other they'll come together; and if they don't, why
then they'd better not.
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