Carysbroke to me, and I know not
how the remaining ladies divided the doctor between them.
That dinner, the first at Elverston, I remember as a very pleasant repast.
Everyone talked--it was impossible that conversation should flag where Lady
Knollys was; and Mr. Carysbroke was very agreeable and amusing. At the
other side of the table, the little pink curate, I was happy to see, was
prattling away, with a modest fluency, in an under-tone to Milly, who was
following my instructions most conscientiously, and speaking in so low a
key that I could hardly hear at the opposite side one word she was saying.
That night Cousin Monica paid us a visit, as we sat chatting by the fire in
our room; and I told her--
'I have just been telling Milly what an impression she has made. The pretty
little clergyman--_il en est epris_--he has evidently quite lost his heart
to her. I dare say he'll preach next Sunday on some of King Solomon's wise
sayings about the irresistible strength of women.'
'Yes,' said Lady Knollys,' or maybe on the sensible text, "Whoso findeth
a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour," and so forth.
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