“It had better be this day week,” he said, “if you can be ready.”
“This day week? But I have no new dresses, or anything.”
“You can get them after,” said Harry.
“So I could; when we go to London. We shall go to London, shall we not?”
“I think it would be the best thing to do.”
“Perhaps you will find the stone in the nest,” she said, smiling.
He pressed the fingers he held.
“You must slip away early in the morning. It would not do for us to go on the coach, and I cannot let you go alone, so I will get a carriage and have relays of post-horses. We must be in Hereford before midday, and I shall be waiting for you while it is still dark.”
“And where must I meet you?” she inquired; “I hope I shall not have to go far alone.”