He went with her to the door, and wrung her hand
nervously, bidding her in heart a final farewell, for when they
met again a great gulf would be between them,--a gulf he had
helped to dig, and which he could not ass. Edith had intended to
ask old Judy where Arthur was going, without, however, having much
hope of success: for, since the conversation concerning Nina, Judy
had been wholly non-committal, plainly showing that she had been
trained for the occasion, but changed her mind, and rode leisurely
away, going round by Brier Hill to call upon Grace whom she had
not seen for some little time. Grace, as usual, was full of
complaints against Arthur for being so misanthropical, so cross-
grained and so queer, shutting himself up like a hermit and
refusing to see any one but herself and Edith.
"What is he going to Worcester for?" she asked, adding that one of
the negroes had told old Rachel, who was there the previous night.
But Edith did not know, unless it was to be married, and laughing
at her own joke, she bade Grace good-bye, having learned by
accident what she so much desired to know.
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