And then he explained. Such
property would be quite as liable to be stolen when in his custody as it
would in hers; but if stolen while in his would entail upon him a grievous
vexation which would by no means lessen the effect of her loss. She did
not understand him, but finding that he was quite in earnest she directed
that the box should be again taken to her own chamber. Lord George
suggested that it should be intrusted to the landlord; and for a moment or
two Lizzie submitted to the idea. But she stood for that moment thinking
of it, and then decided that the box should go to her own room.
"There's no knowing what that Mr. Camperdown mightn't do," she whispered
to Lord George. The porter and the tall footman, between them, staggered
along under their load, and the iron box was again deposited in the
bedroom of the Carlisle inn.
The evening at Carlisle was spent very pleasantly. The ladies agreed that
they would not dress--but of course they did so with more or less of care.
Lizzie made herself to look very pretty, though the skirt of the gown in
which she came down was that which she had worn during the journey.
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