"
Patience assented.
"You have been right good to her, I hear; and I thank you for that
same, and will bear what we may of the expense," he added, taking out
a heavy bag from his pouch.
He went on to explain that he and his son having gone abroad with his
master had been serving with the Dutch, and had made some prize
money. Learning on the peace that a small inheritance in
Worcestershire had fallen to the family, they had returned, and found
from Lady Blythedale that the brother's daughter was supposed to be
alive somewhere near Bristol. She had a right to half, and being
honourable men, they had set out in search of her, bringing letters
from the lady to Mr. Henshaw, whose house was still a centre of
inquiry for persons in the Cavalier interest. There, of course, they
had discovered Emlyn; and Master Gaythorn proceeded to say that it
had been decided that the estate should not be broken up, but that
his son should at once wed her and unite their claims.
"But, sir," exclaimed Patience, "she is troth plight to my brother.
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