"
"The more fool I; and so now I am in a hurry to go away. Don't
notice it to anybody."
Miss Jack looked in his face and saw that he was really wretched; and
she knew the cause of his wretchedness.
"Don't go yet, Maurice," she said; and then added with a tenderness
that was quite uncommon with her, "Go to her, Maurice, and speak to
her openly and freely, once for all; you will find that she will
listen then. Dear Maurice, do, for my sake."
He made no answer, but walked away, roaming sadly by himself among
the trees. "Listen!" he exclaimed to himself. "Yes, she will alter
a dozen times in as many hours. Who can care for a creature that can
change as she changes?" And yet he could not help caring for her.
As he went on, climbing among rocks, he again came upon the sound of
voices, and heard especially that of Captain Ewing. "Now, Miss
Leslie, if you will take my hand you will soon be over all the
difficulty." And then a party of seven or eight, scrambling over
some stones, came nearly on the level on which he stood, in full view
of him; and leading the others were Captain Ewing and Miss Leslie.
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