'It will be by-and-by,
Hugh, and I hope you'll support the burden like a man; but just at
present there is a hitch. I shouldn't have come over at all; I should
have stayed with Emily in Italy, had I not thought that I was bound to
see you'
'My own darling!'
'When papa goes, I think that I had better go back to her.'
'I'll take you!' said Hugh, picturing to himself all the pleasures of
such a tour together, over the Alps.
'No you won't, because that would be improper. When we travel together
we must go Darby and Joan fashion, as man and wife. I think I had
better go back to Emily, because her position there is so terrible.
There must come some end to it, I suppose soon. He will be better, or
he will become so bad that that medical interference will be
unavoidable. But I do not like that she should be alone. She gave me a
home when she had one, and I must always remember that I met you there.'
After this there was of course another attempt with Hugh's right arm,
which on this occasion was not altogether unsuccessful.
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