H庄园的午餐24

VI

In the library Elinor had just finished a letter:

Dear Mr. Seddon,—Will you draft¹ a will for me to sign? Quite a simple one. Iwant to leave everything to Roderick Welman absolutely.

Yours sincerely,

Elinor Carlisle

She glanced at the clock. The post would be going in a few minutes.

She opened the drawer of the desk, then remembered she had used the last stamp that morning.

There were some in her bedroom, though, she was almost sure.

She went upstairs. When she reentered the library with the stamp in her hand, Roddy wasstanding by the window.

He said:

“So we leave here tomorrow. Good old Hunterbury. We’ve had some good times here.”

Elinor said:

“Do you mind its being sold?”

“Oh, no, no! I quite see it’s the best thing to be done.”

There was a silence. Elinor picked up her letter, glanced through it to see if it was all right. Thenshe sealed and stamped it.

 

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