THREE:Caro read it. Rose was in London, but left that day for Liverpool. Handshut had saved a little money, and they were going to Canada. "I don't ask Ben to forgive me, for I know he never will."
THREE:"And here," said Calverley, unfolding the royal grant, "is the deed that transfers the king's villein to his late and rightful lord.""We leave the filling up vacancies to our foreman," returned they.
THREE:Of course, he had been rashhe saw now that he had been a fool to speculate with the future. But who could have foretold that heir of Lardner's?no one had ever heard of him in Peasmarsh, and most people were as astonished as Reuben though not so disgusted. Sometimes he had an uneasy feeling that Lardner himself had not thought much about his distant son till a year or two ago. He remembered how the old man had disapproved of the way Rose's settlements were spent, and horrible conjectures would assail him that some earlier will had been revoked, and Rose disinherited because her[Pg 278] uncle did not wish to put more money into her husband's pocket."Very well," said the lady, and looking alternately at Edith and Margaret, she added, "I accept your giftyou may now retire."
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