55/249 But my obstinacy (my firmness as I thought it!) was immovable. I left her to choose between going with me to Mr.Varleigh, or letting me go to him by myself. Finding it useless to resist, she decided, it is needless to say, on going with me. Our visit only lasted for a few minutes; my aunt using the influence of her age and her position to shorten it. She mentioned family affairs as the motive which recalled us to Nettlegrove. |