He supplied in an instant
every arrangement which had been neglected by his brother, but
which could secure her convenience and tend to her happiness.
Between Marney Abbey where he insisted for the present that
Arabella should reside and Mowbray, Egremont passed his life
for many months, until by some management which we need not
trace or analyse, Lady Marney came over one day to the Convent
at Mowbray and carried back Sybil to Marney Abbey, never again
to quit it until on her bridal day, when the Earl and Countess
of Marney departed for Italy where they passed nearly a year,
and from which they had just returned at the commencement of
this chapter.
During the previous period however many important events had
occurred. Lord Marney had placed himself in communication
with Mr Hatton, who had soon become acquainted with all that
had occurred in the muniment room of Mowbray Castle. The
result was not what he had once anticipated; but for him it
was not without some compensatory circumstances. True
another, and an unexpected rival, had stepped on the stage
with whom it was vain to cope, but the idea that he had
deprived Sybil of her inheritance, had ever, since he had
became acquainted with her, been the plague-spot of Hatton's
life, and there was nothing that he desired more ardently than
to see her restored to her rights, and to be instrumental in
that restoration.
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