And if this property is to be bought, of course the money will
be a great thing."
"Money is always comfortable."
"Of course it is, and then there is nothing to be desired. If I had
named the girl that I would have wished you to love, it would been
Caroline Penge." She need hardly have said this as she had in fact
been naming the girl for the last three or four months. The news
was soon spread about the country and the fashionable world; and
everybody was pleased,--except the Trefoil family.
CHAPTER XXI
Arabella's Success
When Arabella Trefoil got back to Portugal Street after her visit
to Rufford, she was ill. The effort she had made, the unaccustomed
labour, and the necessity of holding herself aloft before the man
who had rejected her, were together more than her strength could
bear, and she was taken up to bed in a fainting condition. It was
not till the next morning that she was able even to open the letter
which contained the news of John Morton's legacy. When she had read
the letter and realized the contents, she took to weeping in a
fashion very unlike her usual habits. She was still in bed, and
there she remained for two or three days, during which she had time
to think of her past life,--and to think also a little of the
future. Old Mrs. Green came to her once or twice a day, but she was
necessarily left to the nursing of her own maid.
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