"It's rather a long journey from Belton."
"Not very long," said Will.
"Not for you, perhaps; but Miss Amedroz must be tired."
Belton was angry at having his cousin called Miss Amedroz,—feeling that the reserve of the name was intended to keep him at a distance. But he would have been equally angry had Aylmer called her Clara.
"My cousin," said Will stoutly, "is able to bear slight fatigue of that kind without suffering."
"I didn't suppose she suffered; but journeys are always tedious, especially where there is so much road work. I believe you are twenty miles from the station?"
"Belton Castle is something over twenty miles from Taunton."
"We are seven from our station at Aylmer Park, and we think that a great deal."
"I'm more than that at Plaistow," said Will.
"Oh, indeed. Plaistow is in Norfolk, I believe?"