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CHAPTER XVIII.
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When Stella awoke in the morning it was with a start that she remembered the scene of last night, and that she was, with the exception of Mrs. Penfold, alone in the cottage.
While she was dressing1 she recalled the incidents of the eventful evening—the party at the Hall, the telegram, and, not least, the finding of the mysterious miniature. But, above all, there shone out clear and distinct the all-important fact that Lord Leycester loved her, and that she had promised to meet him this evening.
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But for the present there was much on her mind. She had to meet Mrs. Penfold, and communicate the information that Mr. Etheridge had suddenly been called to London on important business.
She could not suppress a smile as she pictured Mrs. Penfold's astonishment2 and curiosity, and wondered how she should satisfy the latter without betraying the small amount of confidence which her uncle had placed in her.
She went down-stairs to find the breakfast laid, and Mrs. Penfold hovering3 about with unconcealed impatience4.
"Where's your uncle, Miss Stella?" she asked. "I do hope he hasn't gone sketching5 before breakfast, for he is sure to forget all about it, and won't come back till dinner-time, if he does then."
"Uncle has gone to London," said Stella.
"To—where?" demanded Mrs. Penfold.
Then Stella explained.
"Gone to London last night; hasn't slept in his bed! Why, miss, how could you let him?"
"But he was obliged to go," said Stella, with a little sigh and a rueful glance at the empty chair opposite her own.
"Obliged!" exclaimed Mrs. Penfold. "Whatever was the matter? Your uncle isn't obliged to go anywhere, Miss Stella!" she added with a touch of pride.
Stella shook her head.
"There was a telegram," she said. "I don't know what the business was, but he was obliged to go."
Mrs. Penfold stood stock-still in dismay and astonishment.
"It will be the death of him!" she breathed,
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betrothal
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