I said indispensable, which means,
cannot be done without."
"Oh!" answered Marjorie; "it's a long word, is it?"
There was no necessity for starting before ten, at which hour Timotheus
brought round the waggonette, and Maguffin the colonel's horse. The
Squire assisted the two Marjories to the front seat, and took his place
beside the younger. The colonel chivalrously bowed to the ladies while
on foot; then, he mounted his horse with a bound, and the transport and
escort trotted away. Mr. Terry, alone and neglected, betook himself to
the Carruthers children, who soon found many uses to which a
good-natured grandfather could be put, to the advantage and pleasure of
his grandchildren.
CHAPTER XX.
The Collingwood Arrivals--Coristine Goes to the Post Office--Mr.
Perrowne is Funny--Bang's Note and the Lawyer's Fall--Coristine in
Hospital--Miss Carmichael Relents--Bangs on the Hunt--The
Barber--Mr. Rigby on Wounds--Berry-Picking with the New
Arrivals--The Lawyer's Crisis--Matilda's--Miss Carmichael in
Charge.
The train had just come in when Squire Carruthers' party arrived at the
station, so nicely had he timed his driving.
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