Book 4, Chapter 10: In Which Ferdinand Armine Is Much Concerned

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠The contingency which Glastonbury feared, surely happened; Miss Grandison insisted upon immediately rushing to her Ferdinand; and as the maiden aunt was still an invalid, and was incapable of enduring the fatigues of a rapid and anxious journey, she was left behind. Within a few hours of the receipt of Glastonbury’s letter, Sir Ratcliffe and Lady Armine, and their niece, were on their way. They fo