"
The conversation was interrupted by the entrance of Mr. Grant. Young
Wildegrave entered immediately upon the purport of his visit, and the
rector, who had a very large family to support upon very limited means,
readily consented to Anthony's removal to Ashton.
The morning was spent in preparing for his journey, and not without a
feeling of regret Anthony bade adieu to his kind host, and the place in
which he had passed the only happy years of his life.
As his friend slowly drove through Norgood Park, and past Hazelwood
Lodge, he turned an anxious gaze towards the house. Why did the color
flush his cheek as he hastily looked another way? Juliet was standing in
the balcony, but she was not alone; a tall figure was beside her. It was
Godfrey Hurdlestone, and the sight of him at such a time, and so
situated, sent a pang of anguish through the heart of the young lover.
Frederic Wildegrave marked the deep dejection into which his companion
had fallen, and rightly concluded that some lady was the cause. "Poor
fellow," thought he, "has he, to add to his other misfortunes, been
indiscreet enough to fall in love?"
Wishing to ascertain if his suspicions were true, he began to question
Anthony about the inhabitants of the Lodge, and soon drew from his frank
and confiding cousin the history of his unhappy passion, and the
unpleasant misapprehension that had closed Captain Whitmore's doors
against him.
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