She produced a visible effect
among the idlers on the beach. They looked after her with unanimous
interest, and exchanged confidential nods of approval which said, as
plainly as words could have expressed it, "A very domestic person! a
truly superior woman!"
Captain Wragge's party-colored eyes followed Mrs. Lecount with a steady,
distrustful attention. "Tough work for us _there_," he whispered in
Magdalen's ear; "tougher work than you think, before we turn that woman
out of her place."
"Wait," said Magdalen, quietly. "Wait and see."
She walked to the door. The captain followed her without making
any further remark. "I'll wait till you're married," he thought to
himself--"not a moment longer, offer me what you may."
At the h ouse door Magdalen addressed him again.
"We will go that way," she said, pointing southward, "then turn, and
meet them as they come back."
Captain Wragge signified his approval of the arrangement, and followed
Magdalen to the garden gate. As she opened it to pass through, her
attention was attracted by a lady, with a nursery-maid and two little
boys behind her, loitering on the path outside the garden wall. The lady
started, looked eagerly, and smiled to herself as Magdalen came out.
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