"But I have given you a promise, and I certainly will keep it. If we must be unhappy, still we need not,—need not quarrel; need we, papa?" Then she came up to him and kissed him,—whereupon he went out of the room wiping his eyes.
That evening he again spoke to her, saying merely a word. "I think, my dear, we'll have it fixed that we go on the 30th. Sir Alured seemed to wish it."
"Very well, papa;—I shall be quite ready."
CHAPTER XIV
A Lover's Perseverance
Ferdinand Lopez learned immediately through Mrs. Roby that the early departure for Herefordshire had been fixed. "I should go to him and speak to him very plainly," said Mrs. Roby. "He can't bite you."
"I'm not in the least afraid of his biting me."
"You can talk so well! I should tell him everything, especially about money,—which I'm sure is all right."
"Yes,—that is all right," said Lopez, smiling.