I should bid you come here,--only that stupid people would
say that you were my lover. I should not mind, only that he would
hear it, and I am bound to save him from annoyance. Would you not go
down to Oswald again?"
"With what object?"
"Because anything will be better than returning to Ireland. Why not
go down and look after Saulsby? It would be a home, and you need not
tie yourself to it. I will speak to Papa about that. But you will get
the seat."
"I think I shall," said Phineas.
"Do;--pray do! If I could only get hold of that judge by the ears!
Do you know what time it is? It is twelve, and your train starts at
eight." Then he arose to bid her adieu. "No," she said; "I shall see
you off."
"Indeed you will not. It will be almost night when I leave this, and
the frost is like iron."
"Neither the night nor the frost will kill me. Do you think I will
not give you your last breakfast? God bless you, dear."
And on the following morning she did give him his breakfast by
candle-light, and went down with him to the station.
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