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something else. I think of having a run into France. But I’ll
write you any letters, you know—to Althorpe and people of
that kind. I’ve met Althorpe.’
‘I am exceedingly obliged to you,’ said Ladislaw, proudly.
‘Since you are going to part with the ‘Pioneer,’ I need not
trouble you about the steps I shall take. I may choose to con-
tinue here for the present.’
After Mr. Brooke had left him Will said to himself, ‘The
rest of the family have been urging him to get rid of me, and
he doesn’t care now about my going. I shall stay as long as I
like. I shall go of my own movements and not because they
are afraid of me.’