[The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Woodlanders CHAPTER XX 7/12
Marty, we ought to act the part o' Providence sometimes.
Do go and tell him that if he stands just behind the bush at the bottom of the slope, Miss Grace must pass down it when she comes back, and she will most likely rush into his arms; for as soon as the clock strikes, they'll bundle back home--along like hares.
I've seen such larries before." "Do you think I'd better ?" said Marty, reluctantly. "Oh yes, he'll bless ye for it." "I don't want that kind of blessing." But after a moment's thought she went and delivered the information; and Grammer had the satisfaction of seeing Giles walk slowly to the bend in the leafy defile along which Grace would have to return. Meanwhile Mrs.Melbury, deserted by Grace, had perceived Fitzpiers and Winterborne, and also the move of the latter.
An improvement on Grammer's idea entered the mind of Mrs.Melbury, for she had lately discerned what her husband had not--that Grace was rapidly fascinating the surgeon.
She therefore drew near to Fitzpiers. "You should be where Mr.Winterborne is standing," she said to him, significantly.
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