"
"Nonsense!" said Sir Norman, energetically. And had it been
daylight, his friend would have seen that he blushed almost as
extensively as the lady. "She doesn't know me."
"Ah, doesn't she, though? That shows all you know about it! She
has seen you go past the window many and many a time; and to see
you," said Ormiston, making a grimace undercover of the darkness,
"is to love! She told me so herself."
"What! That she loved me!" exclaimed Sir Norman, his notions of
propriety to the last degree shocked by such a revelation.
"Not altogether, she only looked that; but she said she knew you
well by sight, and by heart, too, as I inferred from her
countenance when she said it. There now, don't make me talk any
more, for I have told you everything I know, and am about hoarse
with my exertions."
"One thing only - did she tell you who she was?"
"No, except that her name was Leoline, and nothing else - which
struck me as being slightly improbable. Doubtless, she will tell
you everything, and one piece of advice I may venture to give
you, which is, you may propose as soon as you like without fear
of rejection. Here we are at the Golden Crown, so go in and get
your horse, and let us be off.
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