"I am very much obliged to you, Sir William. You have been exceedingly kind to me. May I ask you to do one more little favour for me?"
"Certainly."
"Will you kindly make my excuses to Miss Midharst, and say that I will not intrude upon her to-day. I—I—I do not feel quite equal to it. I am unstrung a little. I shall drive home; and a drive always does me good."
His voice was unsteady and his manner restless.
The baronet saw the banker safely into the ferry-boat, and then returned to the Castle with the message.
Wat Grey got into his fly, thinking, "I'll go to see my mother."
END OF VOL. II.
CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, GREAT NEW STREET, FETTER LANE, E.C.