nine p.m.
The vehement caresses of Mowbray explained the whole matter to her as fully and as clearly as the will itself could have done ; and if she did bend forward her head till her dark tresses almost covered his -- and if under that thick veil she impressed a wild and rapid kiss of joy upon his forehead , most people would forgive her if they knew how well she had all the while guessed at his misery , and how often her young heart had ached to think of it . This impropriety , however , such as it was , was really the only one committed on the occasion . Sir Gilbert was an excellent man of business , as was likewise the tall gentleman his attorney ; so seals were put upon all plate-chests , jewel-cases , and the like , except such as were proved satisfactorily by Mr. Stephen Corbold to have been purchased since the marriage of the widow Mowbray and Mr. Cartwright . All such were given over to the packing-cases of the serious attorney and the serious butler , and at half-past nine p.m. the Vicar of Wrexhill stepped into his recently-purchased -LRB- but not paid-for -RRB- travelling carriage , and turned his back on the Park -- once more _ Mowbray Park _ -- for ever . * * * * * But little remains to be said that may not easily be guessed at by the accomplished novel-reader : -- and for such , of course , these pages are prepared . Little Mary Richards speedily became Lady Hilton ; and Fanny Mowbray , during a visit of some months at her Scotch castle , learned to think of her religious sufferings with sufficient composure to enable her once more to look forward as well as around her , with hope and enjoyment . And who is there that can doubt that the lovely Fanny Mowbray , with recovered senses and fifty thousand pounds , even though she did for ever abandon her poetic pursuits , met , at no very advanced age , with a husband worthy of her ?