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Monday morning opened badly for more than one inmate of Old Place. Dolly
and her lover had discovered with extreme surprise that one hundred
pounds would only achieve about a fifth of that which they considered
must be done before his vicarage would be fit for even the most
reasonable of brides. With Dolly this had produced an extremely
disagreeable fit of bad temper--of temper indeed so bad that it had been
noticed by Godfrey Radmore, who had followed Janet into the drawing-room
after breakfast to ask what was the matter.
Jack Tosswill had gone off as early as he felt he decently could go, to
The Trellis House, only to find its mistress gone--and gone, which
naturally much increased his disappointment and anger, only ten minutes
before his arrival! He had interviewed both servants, they only too
willing, for his infatuation was by now known to the whole village. But
what they had to say gave him no comfort--indeed, it was almost exactly
what the house-parlourmaid had said last week, when Enid had gone off to
town, leaving no address behind her. This time, however, she had said she
would telephone from town.
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