"
He had no sooner made this pretty speech than he was ashamed of it, and
stalked out of the room, not to say any more unwise things.
This burst of spleen alarmed Fanny Dover. "There," said she, "now you
cannot go. He is very angry."
Ina Klosking said she was sorry for that; but he was too just a man to be
angry with her long: the day would come when he would approve her
conduct. Her lip quivered a little as she said this, and the water stood
in her eyes: and this was remembered and understood, long after, both by
Miss Dover and Rhoda Gale.
"When does your Royal Highness propose to start?" inquired Rhoda Gale,
very obsequiously, and just a little bitterly.
"To-morrow at half-past nine o'clock, dear friend," said Ina.
"Then you will not go without me. You will get the better of Mr. Vizard,
because he is only a man; but I am a woman, and have a will as well as
you. If you make a journey to-morrow, I go with you. Deny me, and you
shan't go at all." Her eyes flashed defiance.
Ina moved one step, took Rhoda's little defiant head, and kissed her
cheek. "Sweet physician and kind friend, of course you shall go with me,
if you will, and be a great blessing to me.
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