Book 3, Chapter 5: Which Contains Something Very Unexpected

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌⁠Miss Temple had run up stairs to take off her bonnet; Ferdinand stood before the wood fire in the salon. Its clear, fragrant flame was agreeable after the cloudy sky of their somewhat chill drive. He was musing over the charms of his Henrietta, and longing for her reappearance, when she entered; but her entrance filled him with alarm. She was pale, her lips nearly as white as her forehead. An expr