23/32 I came out again and shut the door without her seeing me." "How thoroughly stupid she must have been!" uttered Joyce, "to go caring for one who did not care for her." "I tell you, Joyce, you don't know that he did not care. You are as obstinate as the justice, and I wish to goodness you wouldn't interrupt me. They came up here to pay the wedding visit--master, mistress, and she, came in state in the grand chariot, with the coachman and Jasper. Miss Barbara remained behind at East Lynne to spend the rest of the day." "I remember it." "I was sent to fetch her home in the evening, Jasper being out. I came the field way; for the dust by the road was enough to smother one, and by the last stile but one, what do you think I came upon ?" Joyce lifted her eyes. |