When I wrote to Lord Hollingford to tell him I must come home, I promised to go out again for another six months.' 'Ay.I know.And perhaps it will put it out of thy mind.It will always be hard on me to part from thee.But I daresay it's best for you.' Roger's colour deepened.'You are alluding to - to Miss Kirkpatrick - Mrs Henderson, I mean.Father, let me tell you once for all I think that was rather a hasty affair.I am pretty sure now that we were not suited to each other.I was wretched when I got her letter - at the Cape I mean -but I believe it was for the best.' 'That's right.That's my own boy,' said the squire, turning round and shaking hands with his son with vehemence.'And now I'll tell you what I heard the other day, when I was at the magistrates' meeting.They were all saying she had jilted Preston.' 'I don't want to hear anything against her: she may have her faults, but I can never forget how I once loved her.' 'Well, well! Perhaps it's right.I was not so bad about it, was I, Roger?
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