“They had not heard the rain indoors because it was coming in a fine silent slag from the southwest, moving with a tired wind. But it was more wetting;, than straight rain, and the night was dark with a close inner blackness more proper to a confined space than out of doors; even Myners had some difficulty in keeping to the grass-grown track that led home. They did not talk much, because the way was often too narrow to ride abreast and the, going so uneven that an incautious step might throw you.... Dwight, too, had mixed feelings at the prospect of meeting the tail, girl again; anxiety and a slight apprehension that was-not entirely to do with her illness. More than ever he was glad he had not been free with the port. He had never been to her home - or her uncle's home and when they turned in at the gates he rather expected to see such another gracious Tudor residence as Trenwith, or a small but solid Palladian house like Sir John Trevannance's; so it was a surprise to find an ill-lit, shabby, rambling building which -seemed, to be little more than an extensive farm house.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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