The young
Englishman, of course, was not loath to accept such offers, having a
radical and undisguised contempt for hired horseflesh, and as Sybil lived
several miles out of town, it was far the most pleasant plan to ride out
to her, and after spending the day there, to ride back in the evening,
more especially as it cost him nothing.
Joe was on the point of making some remark upon Vancouver, which would
very likely have had the effect of cooling the intimacy between him and
Ronald; but she thought better of it, and said nothing. Ronald had had no
part in all the questions connected with John's election, and knew nothing
of what Vancouver had done in the matter. It was better on many grounds
not to stir up fresh trouble, and so long as Vancouver's stables afforded
Ronald an easy and economical means of locomotion from Newport to the
house of the woman he loved, the friendship that had sprung up was a
positive gain. She could not understand the motives that prompted
Vancouver in the least.
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