'
'I can't see that you are so frank, sir, as you describe; you have just
played a shabby trick to bring about this absurd and most disagreeable
interview.'
'And supposin' I did send that fool, Milly, out o' the way, to talk a bit
wi' you here, where's the harm? Dang it, lass, ye mustn't be too hard.
Didn't I say I'd do whatever ye wished?'
'And you _won't_,' said I.
'Ye mean to get along out o' this? Well, now, I _will_. There! No use, of
course, askin' you to kiss and be friends, before I go, as cousins should.
Well, don't be riled, lass, I'm not askin' it; only mind, I do like you
awful, and 'appen I'll find ye in better humour another time. Good-bye,
Maud; I'll make ye like me at last.'
And with these words, to my comfort, he addressed himself to his horse and
pipe, and was soon honestly on his way to the moor.
CHAPTER XLVI
_THE RIVALS_
All the time that Dudley chose to persecute me with his odious society, I
continued to walk at a brisk pace toward home, so that I had nearly reached
the house when Milly met me, with a note which had arrived for me by the
post, in her hand.
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