AT LUNCHEON.
"And, once wed,
So just a man and gentle, could not choose
But make my life as smooth as marriage-ring."
"Macintosh, do you ever condescend to do such a thing as walk?—take a walk, I mean?"
"You may command me," he answered somewhat lazily.
"May I? For the walk; but I want further to make a visit in the village."
"You may make twenty, if you feel inclined. I will order the horses to meet us there—shall I? or do you not wish to do anything but walk to-day?"
"O yes. After my visit is paid, I shall be ready."
"But it will be very inconvenient to walk so far in your habit. Can you manage that?"
"I expect to enlighten you a good deal as to a woman's power of managing," said Eleanor.
"Is that a warning?" said he, making her turn her face towards him.
Eleanor gratified him with one of her full mischievous smiles.