"
"Left you!" he repeated, in consternation that overpowered his
courtliness.
"Yes, sir," said Harriet, "my Lady, your mother, has been good enough
to send for her to London."
"My Lady!" he murmured to himself; "I never thought of that! How and
when did she go?"
The answer was interrupted by the Major coming up "Sir Amyas Belamour,
permit me to present to you the Reverend Richard Arden, the admirable
divine to whom we are beholden for the excellent and learned discourse
of this morning. You'll not find such another scholar in all
Carminster."
"I am highly honoured," returned the baronet, with a bow in return for
Mr. Arden's best obeisance, such as it was; and Harriet, seeing Peggy
Duckworth in the distance, plumed herself on her probable envy.
Before dinner was served Sir Amyas had obtained the information as to
Aurelia's departure, and even as to the road she had taken, and he had
confessed that, "Of course he had write to his mother that he had danced
with the most exquisitely beautiful creature he had ever seen, and that
he longed to know his cousins better." No doubt his mother, having
been thus reminded of her connections, had taken the opportunity of
summoning Aurelia to London to give her the advantages of living in
her household and acquiring accomplishments.
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