Chapter 40Already the next day Esther's rides began; and since it was a pleasantly fresh morning, less hot than the weather lately, Edmund trusted that her losses, both in health and pleasure, would soon be made good. While she was away, Mr. Rushmore arrived and escorted his mother, who had come to be polite and show her courtesy especially by pushing for the execution of the plan to visit Sotherton, which had been started fourteen days earlier and who, as a result, had been dormant her subsequent absence from home ever since. Mrs. Norris and her nieces were all very pleased with his revival, and an early day was called and agreed upon, provided Mr. Dorset was to be released: the young ladies did not forget this condition, and although Mrs. Norris would have readily replied that he was so,
