For the most part they went at a brisk pace, only pausing now and then for the elder of the two women to rest momentarily. There had been no rain for several days, so there was no fear of mud and they had left their pattens at home. The lanes were not so dusty yet as they would be at the height of summer. They crossed a pretty little stone bridge with a low wall which spanned a narrow brook running along the edge of the extensive property, and it was not long before the great stone pile rose magically before them as they ascended a sloping stretch of grassy ground. ‘Here we are!’ Lydia sang out gaily. ‘Not quite,’ Aunt Camilla said a little breathlessly. ‘I am getting too old for such jaunts!’ ‘Do not be silly.’ Lydia linked her arm with her aunt’s and they began walking up the drive to the front door. ‘You have enjoyed this every bit as much as I have.’ ‘I do not know that I would go that far.’ Camilla looked at the young girl with a degree of speculation. ‘I do not know why you must needs visit Sir Hector, but since you are so determined I thought it best not to wait.’ ‘If the man is as ill as Kate described,’ Lydia observed as they approached the front steps, ‘there may not be much time left for me to meet him.’ To this Camilla made no reply.
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