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"Is he at the Great House? Will he call again?"
"He is on his way to make a visit in Monmouthshire, together with a
brother office, who is related to my Lady Herries, and finding that
their road led them within twenty miles of our town, the decided on
making a diversion to see her. It was only from her that Sir Amyas
understood how close he was to his mother's property, for my Lady is
extremely jealous of her prerogative."
"How did you hear all this, sister?"
"Sir George Herries rode over this afternoon and sat an hour with my
father, delighting him by averring that the young gentleman has his
mother's charms of person, together with his father's solidity of
principle and character, and that he will do honour to his name."
O, I hope he will come back by this route!" cried Harriet.
"Of that there is small likelihood," said Betty. "His mother is
nearly certain to prevent it since she is sure to take umbrage at
his having visited the Great House without her permission."
CHAPTER IV. MY LADY'S MISSIVE.
To the next coffee-house he speeds,
Takes up the news, some scraps he reads.--GAY.
Though Carminster was a cathedral city, the Special General Post only
came in once a week, and was liable to delay through storms, snows,
mire and highwaymen, so that its arrival was as great an event as is
now the coming in of a mail steamer to a colonial harbour.
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