Cannot you think of
something else--something better--some useful household articles you
require?'
Margery's countenance, which before had been beaming with
expectation, lost its brightness: her lips became close, and her
voice broken. 'You have offered to take me, and now--'
'No, no, no,' he said, patting her cheek. 'We will not think of
anything else. You shall go.'
CHAPTER IV
But whether the Baron, in naming such a distant spot for the
rendezvous, was in hope she might fail him, and so relieve him after
all of his undertaking, cannot be said; though it might have been
strongly suspected from his manner that he had no great zest for the
responsibility of escorting her.
But he little knew the firmness of the young woman he had to deal
with. She was one of those soft natures whose power of adhesiveness
to an acquired idea seems to be one of the special attributes of that
softness. To go to a ball with this mysterious personage of romance
was her ardent desire and aim; and none the less in that she trembled
with fear and excitement at her position in so aiming. She felt the
deepest awe, tenderness, and humility towards the Baron of the
strange name; and yet she was prepared to stick to her point.
Thus it was that the afternoon of the eventful day found Margery
trudging her way up the slopes from the vale to the place of
appointment.
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