'He cannot trouble you again. He will have left England before you can
possibly reach it.'
'He will have left other traitors behind him, though none as bad as
himself,' said Trevelyan.
Stanbury, when his cigar was finished, rose and left the husband and
wife together on the terrace. There was little enough to be seen at
Casalunga, but he strolled about looking at the place. He went into the
huge granary, and then down among the olive trees, and up into the
sheds which had been built for beasts. He stood and teased the lizards,
and listened to the hum of the insects, and wiping away the
perspiration which rose to his brow even as he was standing. And all
the while he was thinking what he would do next, or what say next, with
the view of getting Trevelyan away from the place. Hitherto he had been
very tender with him, contradicting him in nothing, taking from him
good humouredly any absurd insult which he chose to offer, pressing
upon him none of the evil which he had himself occasioned, saying to
him no word that could hurt either his pride or his comfort.
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