Ravenshoe. By Henry Kingsley.

160 RAVENSHOE.
you know," he said, turning to William; " but he will serve you
well, and I know you will be gentle with him."
William gave a short, dry laugh.
" I should have liked to take my terrier away with me, but I
think I had better not. I want to have nothing with me to remind me of this place. My greyhound and the pointers I know
you will take care of. It would please me to think that William
had moved into my room, and had taken possession of all my
guns, and fishing-rods, and so on. There is a double-barrelled
gun left at Venables', in St. Aldate's, at Oxford, for repairs. It
ought to be fetched away."
" Now, sir," he said, turning to Cuthbert, "I should like to say
a few words about money matters. I owe about 1501. at Oxford.
It was a great deal more at one time, but I have been more careful lately. I have the bills up-stairs. If that could be paid —"
"To the utmost farthing, my dear Charles," said Cuthbert;
"but -"
"I Hush! " said Charles, "' I have five and twenty pounds by
me. May I keep that?"
" I will write you a check for five hundred. I shall move your
resolution, Charles," said Cuthbert.
"Never, so help me God 1 " said Charles; "it only remains to
say good by. I leave this room without a hard thought towards
any one in it. I am at peace with all the world. Father Mackworth, I beg your forgiveness. I have been often rude and brutal
to you. I suppose that you always meant kindly to me. Good
by."
He shook hands with Mackworth, then with the Tiernays; then
he offered his hand to William, who took it smiling; and, lastly,
he went up to Cuthbert, and kissed him on the cheek, and then
walked out of the door into the hall.
William, as he was going, turned as though to speak to Cuthbert, but Cuthbert had risen, and he paused a moment.
Cuthbert had risen, and stood looking wildly about him; then
he said, " O my God, he is gone! " And then he broke through
them, and ran out into the hall, crying, " Charles, Charles, come
back. Only one more word, Charles." And then they saw
Charles pause, and Cuthbert kneel down before him, calling him
his own dear brother, and saying he would die for him. And
then Father Tiernay hastily shut the library door, and left those
two wild hearts out in the old hall together alone.
Father Tiernay came back to William, and took both his
hands. "What are you going to do?" he said.
"I am going. to follow him wherever he goes," said William.
"I am never going to leave him again. If he goes to the world's
end, I will be with him."