” Ann Veronica had three things very definitely settled by the time when, a little after mid-day, she found herself perched up on a gate between a bridle-path and a field that commanded the whole wide stretch of country between Chalking and Waldersham. She sought hastily in her mind for a plausible answer to an obvious question that didn’t come. She thought of the smiles she would gather when she brought forth his first grandson. ‘I suppose you think I can’t manage it myself,’ had complained Captain Roding sarcastically. But threats and entreaties—even promises were ineffectual; and the unlucky captive, after exhausting his powers of persuasion, was compelled to give up the point. They looked out over the city, grim and silent now, for it was long past midnight. For a long time there had been a standing offer from the company at Copeley's to take over the McClintock plantation; and today he had decided to sell.
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