ABSTRACT

And now the bustle of servants and tradesmen, the various preparations that precede the departure of greatness, announced the secession of the Torrendale family from the Derbyshire neighbourhood. Already had Emily, with moist eyes, taken a tender farewell of her brother, and wept at parting with him, because he was going for some time; and at bidding farewell to Lady Strathallan, because it was possible, she said, she might soon return.