TWO:Calverley had intended to see Margaret again before leaving the castle; but De Boteler, having changed the hour he had appointed, there was not a moment to spare from the necessary arrangements. Never before had Calverley's assumed equanimity of temper been so severely tried; the patient attention with which he listened, and the prompt assiduity with which he executed a thousand trifling commands��although, from the force with which he bit his underlip, he was frequently compelled to wipe away the blood from his mouth��shewed the absolute control he had acquired over his feelings��at least so far as the exterior was concerned.BOOK I. CHAPTER I.
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