Mr.
Ernescliffe of Maplewood! Does it not sound well?
It is a beautiful great place in Shropshire, and Alan and I mean to run off to see it as soon as he can have any time on shore.'" Ethel could not help looking at Margaret, but was ashamed of her impertinence, and coloured violently, whereas her sister did not colour at all, and Norman, looking down, wondered whether Alan would make the voyage.
"Oh, of course he will; he must!" said Harry.

"He would never give up now." Norman further wondered whether Hector would remain on the Stoneborough foundation, and Mary hoped they should not lose him; but there was no great readiness to talk over the event, and there soon was a silence broken by Flora saying, "He is no such nobody, as Louisa Anderson said, when we--" Another shout, which caused Flora to take refuge in playing waltzes for the rest of the evening.

Moreover, to the extreme satisfaction of Mary, she left her crochet-needle on the floor at night.

While a tumultuous party were pursuing her with it to claim the penny, and Richard was conveying Margaret upstairs, Ethel found an opportunity of asking her father if he were not very glad of Mr.Ernescliffe's good fortune.
"Yes, very.

He is a good fellow, and will make a good use of it." "And now, papa, does it not make--You won't say now you are sorry he came here." She had no answer but a sigh, and a look that made her blush for having ventured so far.