It would be a great pity to drive all the way to Thorbury, and then back again, to-night.

Now there are those young Cobhurst people, who, you know, have supper at the end of the day, instead of dinner, like the regular farmers that they are, and as you want to see them, anyway, and find out how they are getting on, it will be well to stop there, and ten to one, you will find that they have not yet sat down to the table.'" "A most excellent conclusion," said Ralph, "and I will call Mike, and have him take your horse." Having left the doctor in the charge of her brother, Miriam hurried downstairs to apprise Dora of the state of affairs.
"I am sorry," she said, "but we will have to give up the trick we were going to play on Ralph, for Dr.Tolbridge has come, and will stay to supper, and so, while you go upstairs and put on your own dress, I will finish getting these things ready.

I will see Ralph before we sit down, and tell him all about it." Dora made no movement toward the stairs.
"I knew it was the doctor," she said, "for I went out and looked around the corner of the house, and saw his horse.

But I do not see why we should give up our trick.

Let us play it on the doctor as well as on your brother." Miriam stood silent a few moments.
"I do not know how that would do," she said.