ABSTRACT

Ethelinde having acquired more composure before the entrance of the servant whom Sir Edward had sent to assist her, now saw the remainder of the baggage they were to take with them packed and carried down; and being herself ready to depart, was on the stairs when a carriage stopped at the door. She concluded it was the post chaise her father had ordered. On her entering the parlour, she found Montgomery there alone. Foreseeing and dreading the subject on which she supposed he would speak, she hastily said – ‘I thought my father was here. It is late, is it not better to call him?’ – She was then hurrying away, when Montgomery stopped her. ‘One moment only, Miss Chesterville; I would not be importunate, but I may have, I can have, no other opportunity.’