The more they talked, the more afraid this fluttering little
Ruth became of any pause; and sooner than have a pause she would say the
same things over again; and if she hadn't courage or presence of mind
enough for that (to say the truth she very seldom had), she was ten
thousand times more charming and irresistible than she had been before.
'Martin will be married very soon now, I suppose?' said John.
She supposed he would. Never did a bewitching little woman suppose
anything in such a faint voice as Ruth supposed that.
But seeing that another of those alarming pauses was approaching, she
remarked that he would have a beautiful wife. Didn't Mr Westlock think
so?
'Ye--yes,' said John, 'oh, yes.'
She feared he was rather hard to please, he spoke so coldly.
'Rather say already pleased,' said John. 'I have scarcely seen her. I
had no care to see her. I had no eyes for HER, this morning.'
Oh, good gracious!
It was well they had reached their destination. She never could have
gone any further. It would have been impossible to walk in such a
tremble.
Tom had not come in.
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