Neither of those days did Isy make her appearance in his room, her aunt
excusing her apparent neglect with the information that she was in bed with
a bad headache, while herself she supplied her place.
The next day Isy went about her work as usual, but never once looked up.
James imagined reproach in her silence, and did not venture to address her,
having, indeed, no wish to speak to her, for what was there to be said? A
cloud was between them; a great gulf seemed to divide them! He wondered at
himself, no longer conscious of her attraction, or of his former delight in
her proximity. His resolve to marry her was not yet wavering; he fully
intended to keep his promise; but he must wait the proper time, the right
opportunity for revealing to his parents the fact of his engagement! After
a few days, however, during which there had been no return to their former
familiarity, it was with a fearful kind of relief that he learned she was
gone to pay a visit to a relation in the country.
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