Chapter 7: From the Twenty-Second to the Twenty-Seventh of November

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​⁠But the next morning Manston found that he had been forgetful of another matter, in naming the following Monday to his wife for the journey.

The fact was this. A letter had just come, reminding him that he had left the whole of the succeeding week open for an important business engagement with a neighbouring land-agent, at that gentleman’s residence thirteen miles off. The particular day he had sug