"How is it to be, then?"
"He has dealt very fairly by me. He has done all he could to get rid of the man,—both with him and with her. He has told Emily that he will have nothing to do with the man. And she will do nothing without his sanction."
"Then it will remain just as it is."
"No, John; it will not. He has gone on to say that though he has refused,—and has refused roughly enough,—he must give way if he sees that she has really set her heart upon him. And she has."
"Has she told you so?"
"No;—but he has told me. I shall have it out with her to-morrow, if I can. And then I shall be off."
"You'll be here for shooting on the 1st?"
"No. I dare say you're right in what you say about sticking to my work. It does seem unmanly to run away because of a girl."
"Because of anything! Stop and face it, whatever it is."
"Just so;—but I can't stop and face her. It would do no good. For all our sakes I should be better away. I can get shooting with Musgrave and Carnegie in Perthshire. I dare say I shall go there, and take a share with them."