She would not have cared to confess to the relief she experienced when,
some weeks later, Lancy wrote to her of his intended visit to England,
where he meant to spend a few months among his relatives in Devonshire; and
the thought that the wide ocean would be between them, did not cause the
same regretful feeling in her heart as it did in Lancy's. Once since they
had left Halifax, Dexie, to her surprise, received a letter from Hugh
McNeil, that had come enclosed in one to her father. Mr. Sherwood said
little as to the contents of his letter; but the earnest, passionate words
in Dexie's left no doubt in her mind that Hugh had small intention of
giving up his suit, though for the present he would leave her in peace.
He told her of his intention of making a journey to Australia, to visit the
last resting-place of his father; and after an extended journey, he hoped
to come back and find all the unpleasantness in the past forgiven and
forgotten.
For some time after the letter was received, Dexie fancied that her father
regarded her with more attention than was necessary; but it soon passed
from her mind without giving her the slightest suspicion that Hugh had
placed in her father's hands a substantial and unmistakable proof of the
genuineness of his regard.
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