Sitting there, full of these regrets, she declared to herself that she would wait for her father's return, and then, throwing herself upon his love and upon his mercy, would beg him to go to Mr. Grey and ask for pardon for her. "I should be very humble to him," she said; "but he is so good, that I may dare to be humble before him." So she waited for her father. She waited till twelve, till one, till two;--but still he did not come. Later than that she did not dare to wait for him. She feared to trust him on such business returning so late as that,--after so many cigars; after, perhaps, some superfluous beakers of club nectar. His temper at such a moment would not be fit for such work as hers. But if he was late in coming home, who had sent him away from his home in unhappiness? Between two and three she went to bed, and on the following morning she left Queen Anne Street for the Great Western Station before her father was up.
Sitting there, full of these regrets, she declared to herself that she would wait for her father's return, and then, throwing herself upon his love and mercy, would beg him to go to Mr. Grey and ask for pardon for her.
"I should be very humble to him," she said; "but he is so good, that I may dare to be humble before him." So she waited for her father. She waited till twelve, till one, till two;-but still he did not come. Later than that she did not dare to wait for him. His temper at such a time would not be fit for the task. Between two and three she went to bed, and on the following morning she left Queen Anne Street for the station before her father was up.