'And from thence to East Cliff?'
'I believe I shall be obliged to stay in town a week or ten days.—But my continuance there shall be longer, if you or Miss Mowbray will employ me.'
The night now grew cold; and the dew fell so heavily, that Mrs. Stafford expressed her apprehensions that Emmeline would find some ill effects from it, and advised her to go down.
'Oh! no,' said Godolphin, with uncommon anxiety in his manner—'do not go down. There are so many passengers in the cabin, and it is so close, that you will find it extremely disagreeable. It will not now be half an hour before we see the lights of Dover; and we shall presently be on shore.'
Emmeline, who really apprehended little from cold, acquiesced; and they continued to converse on general topics 'till they landed.
Godolphin saw them on shore immediately, and attended them to the inn. He then told them he must go back to see after the baggage, and left them hastily. They ordered a slight refreshment; and when it was brought in, Emmeline said—'Shall we not wait for Mr. Godolphin?'
'The Gentleman is come in, Madam,' said the waiter, 'with another lady, and is assisting her up stairs. Would you please I should call him?'
Emmeline felt, without knowing the nature of the sensation, involuntary curiosity and involuntary uneasiness.
'No, do not call him,' said Mrs. Stafford—'I suppose he will be here immediately. But send the French servant to us.'
Le Limosin attending, she gave him some requisite orders, and then again enquired for Captain Godolphin.