“Quick, then!” he said hoarsely, as he turned to go.
“Will you try and find out where Miss Bedford is gone, and then tell me when you know?”
“Yes, yes!” cried Charley, rushing off.
“Yes, yes, indeed!” cried Nelly; “that’s a pretty way to leave a lady who has given him a mysterious assignation in a wood; and—There, now—what shall I do? If I haven’t forgotten all about the pears!”
Volume Two—Chapter Five.
Mr Maximilian Beginneth to Show his hand.
Gone without leaving a trace behind! Would she take another engagement, and write to Mrs Bray for a recommendation? She might, or she might not. She had taken the train at Lexville station after Dudgeon had, by Mrs Bray’s gracious permission, driven the light cart in with “the governess’s boxes;” but upon Mr Dudgeon being favoured with five shillings by Charley Vining, he shook his head.
“Sutternly, sir, I did see her boxes in the station, but I didn’t read the directions.”