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And now she was sick at heart, because he did not speak
to her!
He had, of course, come to St. Diddulph's with a message from
Trevelyan, and his secret was soon told to them all. Trevelyan himself
was upstairs in the sanded parlour of the Full Moon public-house, round
the corner. Mrs Trevelyan, when she heard this, clasped her hands and
bit her lips. What was he there for? If he wanted to see her, why did
he not come boldly to the parsonage? But it soon appeared that he had
no desire to see his wife. 'I am to take Louey to him,' said Hugh
Stanbury, 'if you will allow me.'
'What to be taken away from me!' exclaimed the mother. But Hugh assured
her that no such idea had been formed; that he would have concerned
himself in no such stratagem, and that he would himself undertake to
bring the boy back again within an hour. Emily was, of course, anxious
to be informed what other message was to be conveyed to her; but there
was no other message--no message either of love or of instruction.
'Mr Stanbury,' said the parson, 'has left me something in my hands for
you.


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