"Then I must say that you are very obstinate."
"It is not very often that I resolve to have my own way; but I have resolved now, and you should not try to balk me."
They had now come round nearly to the house, and she showed, by the direction that she took, that she was going in.
"You will go?" said he.
"Yes," said she; "I will go. My address will be at the old house in Arundel Street. Shall I see you again before I go?" she asked him, when she stood on the doorstep. "Perhaps you will be busy, and I had better say goodbye."
"Good-bye," said he, very gloomily; but he took her hand.
"I suppose I had better not disturb my uncle. You will give him my love. And, John, you will tell some one about my luggage; will you not?"
He muttered some affirmative, and then went round from the front of the house, while she entered the hall.
It was now half-past eleven, and she intended to start at half-past twelve. She went into the drawing-room and not finding her aunt, rang the bell. Lady Ball was with Sir John, she was told. She then wrote a note on a scrap of paper, and sent it in:
Dear Aunt,
I leave here at half-past twelve. Perhaps you would like to see me before I go.
M. M.