Her uncle saw him first. She said, ''Perhaps he will send for me, to bid Mr Rivers welcome.—How does my skirt sit now? Had I not rather wear the grey?''
But Mr Lilly did not send for her. We heard voices and closing doors in the rooms below, but it was another hour again before a parlourmaid came, to pass on the message that Mr Rivers was arrived.◇本◇作◇品◇由◇思◇兔◇在◇線◇閱◇讀◇網◇友◇整◇理◇上◇傳◇
''And is Mr Rivers made comfortable, in his old room?'' said Maud.
''Yes, miss.''
And Mr Rivers will be rather tired, I suppose, after his journey?''
Mr Rivers sent to say that he was tolerable tired, and looked forward to seeing Miss Lilly with her uncle, at supper. He would not think of disturbing Miss Lilly before then.
''I see,'' she said when she heard that. Then she bit her lip. ''Please to tell Mr Rivers that she would not think it any sort of disturbance, to be visited by him, in her parlour, before the supper-hour came . . .''
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