Chapter 7: VII

VII Waiting for Rose “Not envy, sure! for if you gave me Leave to take or to refuse In earnest, do you think I’d choose That sort of new love to enslave me?” R. Browning So, instead of going to Belfast, here was Colonel Keith actually taking a lodging and settling himself into it; nay, even going over to Avoncester on a horse-buying expedition, not merely for the Temples, but for himself. This time Rachel did think herself sure of Miss Williams’ ear in pea…