"If you wish it you can go up to him. He will not come down."
"Oh, no. It is only because I must return to-morrow."
"To-morrow, Phineas!"
"I must do so. I have pledged myself to see Mr. Monk,--and others
also."
"It is a short visit to make to us on my first return home! I hardly
expected you at Loughlinter, but I thought that you might have
remained a few nights under my father's roof." He could only reassert
his assurance that he was bound to be back in London, and explain as
best he might that he had come to Saulsby for a single night, only
because he would not refuse her request to him. "I will not trouble
you, Phineas, by complaints," she said.
"I would give you no cause for complaint if I could avoid it."
"And now tell me what has passed between you and Mr. Gresham," she
said as soon as the servant had given them coffee. They were sitting
by a window which opened down to the ground, and led on to the
terrace and to the lawns below. The night was soft, and the air was
heavy with the scent of many flowers.
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