"There," said Arabella. "Is that the colonel?"
Johanna looked up just as the colonel approached, and lifted his hat.
"Yes, yes."
In another moment he was with them. There was a look upon the countenance of Colonel Jeffery of deep concern, and that look, at one glance that was bestowed upon it by Johanna Oakley, was quite sufficient to banish all hidden hopes that she might yet have cherished regarding the character of the news that he had to impart to her. Arabella Wilmot, too, was of the same opinion regarding the physiognomical expression of the colonel, who bowed to her profoundly.
Johanna And Arabella Meet And Consult Colonel Jeffery, In Temple Gardens.
"I have brought my dearest friend with me," said Johanna, "from whom I have no secrets."
"Nor I," said the colonel, "now that I hear she stands in such an enviable relation to you, Miss Oakley."
Arabella slightly bowed; and Johanna fixing her eyes, in which tears were glistening, upon him, said—
"You have come to tell me that I may abandon all hope?"