"Come and talk to Kate Vavasor for ever, Mr. Cheesacre."
To this he made no reply, but went forth from the house, and got his gig, and drove himself home to Oileymead, thinking of his disappointment with all the bitterness of a young lover. "I didn't ever think I should ever care so much about anything," he said, as he took himself up to bed that night.
That evening Captain Bellfield did call in the Close, as he had said he would do, but he was not admitted. "Her mistress was very bad with a headache," Jeannette said.
"Come and talk to Kate Vavasor for ever, Mr. Cheesacre."
To this he made no reply, but left, and drove home to Oileymead, thinking of his disappointment with all the bitterness of a young lover.
"I didn't think I should ever care so much about anything," he said, as he took himself to bed that night.
That evening Captain Bellfield did call in the Close, as he had said he would, but he was not admitted.
"Her mistress had a headache," said Jeannette.