... who were twain sailed gently into Southampton Docks, resolved to be one when the gods were willing. Mary Radford’s people were there to meet her, and Ormond went up to London alone, beginning ... lecture on his exploits in the town so honouring him, that day week. Ormond put down the paper with a sigh, and turned his thoughts to the girl from whom he had so lately parted. A true sweetheart ... own stubbornness and stupidity. To go back for some years, this is what had happened. Squire Heaton’s only son went wrong. The Squire raged, as was natural. He was one of a long line of hard-drinking,...