But he did not come, and the
next day, feeling exceedingly anxious to know if he had returned,
and remembering the book, which she had failed to get, and
_must_ have, she towards night sent _Dora_ to Rose Hill,
bidding her if she saw Mr. Hastings tell him that her piano had
come and she wished him to hear it.
In the long kitchen by a glowing stove, Dame Leah sat, busy with
her knitting, which she quickly suspended when she saw Dora, who
was with her a favorite.
"So Eugenia sent you for that book?" she said, when told of Dora's
errand. "I'll see if he will lend it."
Mr. Hastings was alone in his library. All that day he had been
making up his mind to call at Locust Grove, where he knew Eugenia
was impatiently expecting him, for Mrs. Leah had told him of her
call, winking slily as she spoke of the _forgotten book_!
"Yes, I will go and have it over," he thought, just as Mrs. Leah
entered, telling him that "Miss Deane wanted that book."
Thinking that Eugenia was in the house, he answered hastily. "Take
it to her, and pray don't let her in here.
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