"
"I wish I could forget it also," said Mr. Sowerby.
"I really think that she does. When I was obliged to make some
allusion to it--at least I felt myself obliged, and was very sorry
afterwards that I did--she merely laughed--a great loud laugh as she
always does, and then went on about the business. However, she was
clear about this, that all the expenses of the election should be
added to the sum to be advanced by her, and that the house should be
left to you without any rent. If you choose to take the land round
the house you must pay for it, by the acre, as the tenants do. She
was as clear about it all as though she had passed her life in a
lawyer's office."
My readers will now pretty well understand what last step that
excellent sister, Mrs. Harold Smith, had taken on her brother's
behalf, nor will they be surprised to learn that in the course
of the day Mr. Sowerby hurried back to town and put himself into
communication with Miss Dunstable's lawyer.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Is There Cause or Just Impediment?
I now purpose to visit another country house in Barsetshire, but on
this occasion our sojourn shall be in the eastern division, in which,
as in every other county in England, electioneering matters are
paramount at the present moment.
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