She could not keep her eyes off him all the evening,
and certainly I never did see him look so well.
And then while Lord Lufton and Mark were in the
dining-room, where they remained a terribly long time, she
would make me go through the house that she might show me
your rooms, and explain how you were to be mistress there.
She has got it all arranged to perfection, and I am sure
she has been thinking about it for years. Her great fear
at present is that you and he should go and live at
Lufton. If you have any gratitude in you, either to her or
me, you will not let him do this. I consoled her by saying
that there are not two stones upon one another at Lufton
as yet; and I believe such is the case. Besides, everybody
says that it is the ugliest spot in the world. She went
on to declare, with tears in her eyes, that if you were
content to remain at Framley, she would never interfere in
anything. I do think that she is the best woman that ever
lived.
So much as I have given of this letter formed but a small portion of
it, but it comprises all that it is necessary that we should know.
Exactly at twelve o'clock on that day Puck the pony appeared, with
Mrs. Robarts and Grace Crawley behind him, Grace having been brought
back as being capable of some service in the house.
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