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If Lesbia were to re-appear at Fellside this evening , I could offer her my hand in all brotherly frankness , and ask her to accept me as a brother . Here comes the coach . We shall be at Fellside just in time for dinner . ' Lady Mary and Mr. Hammond were back at Fellside at a quarter before eight , by which time the stars were shining on pine woods and Fell . They managed to be in the drawing-room when dinner was announced , after the hastiest of toilets ; yet her lover thought Mary had never looked prettier than she looked that night , in her limp white cashmere gown , and with her brown hair brushed into a large loose knot on the top of her head . There had been great uneasiness about them at Fellside when evening began to draw in , and the expected hour of their return had gone by . Scouts had been sent in quest of them , but in the wrong direction .