CHAPTER XIIT
HE second post, which had not brought Cecil’s letter to Leslie on the Saturday, had brought to the Mertons letters containing the delightful news, first that everything was in train for them to buy back Lydia’s old home of Northbridge Manor, and secondly that the bailiff was staying in the Army and would be very glad if they would live in his little house for an indefinite period. An old housemaid had been kept on as caretaker at the Manor and the Keiths’ old nurse Mrs. Twitcher was only a short distance away, so Lydia saw no great difficulties about housekeeping and said she could go back to the Barchester General Hospital. Her only regret, she added, was that she would have to give the Warings notice and would feel like a murderess. She was however cheered by Noel, who remi
