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`` But do n't forget it is to be a dead secret , '' said Ellis , as he left the door . `` Oh ! honour bright ! '' At two o'clock punctually Cardo and his father seated themselves in the light gig , which was the only carriage the Vicar affected , and when Betto had bid him a tearful good-bye , with all the farm-servants bobbing in the background , Gwynne Ellis , grasping his hand with a warm pressure , said : `` Good-bye , Wynne , and God bless you ! I shall look forward with great pleasure to meeting you again when you return from Australia . I shall stay here a week or two at your father 's invitation . '' `` Yes , '' said the Vicar , in a wonderfully softened tone , `` it would be too trying to have the house emptied at one blow . ''