He is sure to do well.
Mr. Farquhar is with him," said Mr. Benson, almost unable to
speak for tears.
Mr. Bradshaw did not remove his eyes from Mr. Benson's face for
more than a minute after his question had been answered. He
seemed as though he would read his very soul, and there see if he
spoke the truth. Satisfied at last, he sank slowly into his
chair; and they were silent for a little space, waiting to
perceive if he would wish for any further information just then.
At length he put his hands slowly together in the clasped
attitude of prayer, and said--"Thank God!"
CHAPTER XXXII
THE BRADSHAW PEW AGAIN OCCUPIED
If Jemima allowed herself now and then to imagine that one good
would result from the discovery of Richard's delinquency, in the
return of her father and Mr. Benson to something of their old
understanding and their old intercourse--if this hope fluttered
through her mind, it was doomed to disappointment. Mr. Benson
would have been most happy to go, if Mr. Bradshaw had sent for
him; he was on the watch for what might be even the shadow of such
an invitation--but none came. Mr. Bradshaw, on his part, would
have been thoroughly glad if the wilful seclusion of his present
life could have been broken by the occasional visits of the old
friend whom he had once forbidden the house; but, this
prohibition having passed his lips, he stubbornly refused to do
anything which might be construed into unsaying it.
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