Redmain's room. Was Mewks to be trusted to the
point of such danger as grew in her thought?
The day wore on. Toward evening he had a dreadful attack. Any
other man would have sent before now for what medical assistance
the town could afford him, but Mr. Redmain hated having a
stranger about him, and, as he knew how to treat himself, it was
only when very ill that he would send for his own doctor to the
country, fearing that otherwise he might give him up as a
patient, such visits, however well remunerated, being seriously
inconvenient to a man with a large London practice. But now Lady
Margaret took upon herself to send a telegram.
An hour before her usual time for closing the shop, Mary set out
for Durnmelling; and, at the appointed spot on the way, found her
squire of low degree in waiting. At first sight, however, and
although she was looking out for him, she did not certainly
recognize him. I would not have my reader imagine Joseph one of
those fools who delight in appearing something else than they
are; but while every workman ought to look a workman, it ought
not to be by looking less of a man, or of a _gentleman_ in
the true sense; and Joseph, having, out of respect to her who
would honor him with her company, dressed himself in a new suit
of unpretending gray, with a wide-awake hat, looked at first
sight more like a country gentleman having a stroll over his
farm, than a man whose hands were hard with the labors of the
forge.
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