Ashcombe churchyard - 1862 Author:Evelyn Benson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: " Not the slightest, my dear brother." He then bowed to them both and walked away, supporting his sister, who seemed scarcely able to regulate her tottering s... more »teps. When they were gone the Indian stepped up to Campbell. He made no eastern salaam, but taking off his scarlet cap he bowed low, in the old English fashion, and simply saying " Au revoir ! " disappeared. " Halt! " roared Campbell, " I would speak a few words with you! " No answer was returned. He searched about for him in every direction, but no traces of him were to be found. Wearied, troubled, and perplexed, he proceeded on his way to his cottage. CHAPTER III. THE DOCTOR AND THE FAEMEE. " My mind is like a troubled fountain stirr'd, And I myself see not the bottom of it."—Shakespeare. Db Campbkll walked slowly on under the rich mellow light of the waning moon, with no very agreeable companions in his own thoughts. He was forcibly struck by the manner in which Lord Fitzarthur had treated him. When he rushed among them, instead of shaking hands with him on discovering who he was, and asking him, as a friend, what was the matter, he had treated him,—the confidential physician of the family,—blameless in all his relations with Lady Caroline,—ever cautious, reserved, and prudent,—as if he were an unknown assailant, a person against whom it was likely his sister had some charge to bring. He viewed him in the same light as he did the wild, impetuous, mysterious Asiatic—" Has either of those men insulted you ? "— and when Lady Caroline had exculpated them, with an especinl compliment to himself, instead of begging his pardon, or saying a word of atonement, he had simply made to him and the Indian an apologetic bow, which they were left at liberty to divide between them, or toss up for, whichever they pl...« less