neither time nor patience to enumerate. Busy as he was, however, he was glad to see our friends, and greeted them most cordially.
"You are come in the very nick of time," said he: "I was just upon the point of sending for you. Do you know, Sir Ambrose, it has struck me that this triumph of Edmund's will be an admirable opportunity for his marriage; ay, and for yours too, Edric. What say you, Sir Ambrose?"
"Oh! of course I can have no objection."
"And of course," resumed the Duke, "I do not suppose the young men can have any. What do you say, Edric?"
But Edric did not speak: for, to own the truth, he did not exactly know what to say.
"Edric is so delighted, that it has deprived him of the power of utterance," observed the baronet, rather maliciously, perceiving the duke grow impatient.
"I trust your grace will excuse me," said Edric, at length recovering himself; "but but"
"But what?" said the duke, impatiently.
