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"It is getting late, Carlyon, and we may as well walk back
together," he remarked in his leisurely manner, for being an old
bachelor he was rather precise in his ways. David jumped up at once.
"I will go with you, sir, of course," he replied quickly. Then in a
lower voice, "It is a lovely evening--will you do your lady's mile?"
He spoke so low that Malcolm could only guess at what he said; but
Elizabeth's answer was quite clear and audible.
"No, not to-night; I think I have exerted myself sufficiently. But I
daresay Mr. Herrick and Cedric will go."
And Malcolm, who felt himself dismissed and had no excuse to offer,
was soon plunged into an argument again that lasted all the way to
Rotherwood.
"Betty, did you notice that Mr. Herrick did not want to go?" asked
Dinah, who was always keenly alive to the likes and dislikes of her
neighbours. "It was naughty of you to put him in such a position.
How could he refuse to go when the vicar was waiting for him?"
"I thought a walk would do him good," returned Elizabeth demurely;
"he was almost asleep when Mr.


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