Lister and her children. "It was very
different when Marian Nowell was here," she wrote; "you thought it no
trouble to come to us then."
No answer came to his letter to Mrs. Holbrook--which scarcely called for
a reply, unless it had been a few lines of thanks, in acknowledgment of
his interest in her behalf. He had looked for such a letter, and was a
little disappointed by its non-appearance. The omission, slight as it
was, served to strengthen his bitter feeling that his friendship in this
quarter was unneeded and unvalued.
Business in the City happened to be rather slack at this time; and it
struck Mr. Fenton all at once that he could scarcely have a better
opportunity for wasting two or three days in a visit of duty to the
Listers, and putting an end to his sister's reproachful letters. He had a
second motive for going to Lidford; a motive which had far greater weight
with him than his brotherly affection just at this time. He wanted to see
Sir David Forster, to call that gentleman to some account for the
deliberate falsehood he had uttered at their last meeting. He had no
bloodthirsty or ferocious feelings upon the subject, he could even
understand that the Baronet might have been bound by his own ideas of
honour to tell a lie in the service of his friend; but he wanted to
extort some explanation of the line of conduct Sir David had taken, and
he wanted to ascertain from him the character of Marian's husband.
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