CHAPTER XXXVIII
A MIDNIGHT DEPARTURE
‘I’m going this minute—I—I want to know’—another glance at the door—’are you really quite comfortable here?’
‘Quite,’ I answered promptly.
‘You have only your cousin’s company?’ he continued, glancing at the table, which was laid for two.
‘Yes; but Milly and I are very happy together.’
‘That’s very nice; but I think there are no teachers, you see—painters, and singers, and that sort of thing that is usual with young ladies. No teachers of that kind—of any kind—are there?’ ‘No; my uncle thinks it better I should lay in a*****e of health, he says.’
‘I know; and the carriage and horses have not come; how soon are they expected?’
‘I really can’t say, and I assure you I don’t much care. I think running about great fun.’
‘You walk to church?’
‘Yes;
