Woodburn Grange: A story of English country life; vol. 2 of 3

WOODBURN GRANGE.
A Story of English Country Life.
LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
WOODBURN GRANGE.
THE CLAVERINGS AND HERITAGES.
On the morning after the frolic on the island, as the young friends called it, when the breakfast was over, where the merriment of the affair, and the return of Henry Clavering had been discussed, and the ladies were left to themselves, topics were introduced which belonged only to the initiated, that is, to the womenkind.
“How well Mr. Clavering looks,” said Mrs. Woodburn, “and how kind and amiable he is. What a joy it is to George to have him back again, and you, Ann?”
“Oh! I am very glad indeed that he is come back; poor Sir Emanuel must have been so lonely by himself up in that great house.”
“True,” said Mrs. Woodburn. “But you, Ann? Has he altered his opinions at all?”
Ann shook her head, the tears started to her eyes, and she said, “No, dear mother, he is just the same; it is very sad.”
“It is sad,” said Mrs. Woodburn; “but let us wait God’s time, my dear child; I will still hope that so excellent a young man, with such sense and such a heart, must come right at last.”