Errol represented her. Doubtless she was quite right in not
acknowledging his business note in person. Then he laid down his pipe,
put his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands, exclaiming
bitterly, "O Marjorie, Marjorie."
Before the end of the week, the Squire received answers to his official
and non-official letters, accepting the trust confided to him, and
regretting that Miss Carmichael had given the writer no opportunity of
more fully explaining himself. The non-official letter also stated that
the lady's position was so much changed by the prospect of a large
fortune as to make it little less than dishonourable in him to press his
suit, at least in the meantime. Mrs. Carruthers also received a promise
that the lawyer would, if practicable, accompany Mr. Douglas to
Bridesdale. Mr. Errol reported a nice letter received by him from the
same quarter, along with the "Civitate Dei" and some reviews. Wilkinson
was in clover so far as papers and magazines were concerned, and both
Miss Carmichael and Miss Du Plessis were remembered with appropriate
literary pabulum of the same nature.
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