"
When he was going, Lizzie left her hand in his for a moment, and gave one
look up into his eyes. "When is Lucy to be made blessed?" she asked.
"I don't know that Lucy will ever be made blessed," he replied, "but I am
sure I hope she will." Not a word more was said, and he returned to
London.
After that Mrs. Carbuncle and Lucinda remained at Portray Castle till
after Christmas, greatly overstaying the original time fixed for their
visit. Lord George and Sir Griffin went and returned, and went again and
returned again. There was much hunting and a great many love passages,
which need not be recorded here. More than once during these six or seven
weeks there arose a quarrel, bitter, loud, and pronounced, between Sir
Griffin and Lucinda; but Lord George and Mrs. Carbuncle between them
managed to throw oil upon the waters, and when Christmas came the
engagement was still an engagement. The absolute suggestion that it should
be broken, and abandoned, and thrown to the winds, always came from
Lucinda; and Sir Griffin, when he found that Lucinda was in earnest, would
again be moved by his old desires, and would determine that he would have
the thing he wanted.
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