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WHEN the decisive step had been taken and Crauford's perseverance was / at last crowned with success, he straightway informed his uncle of his / good fortune; also, he begged him to say nothing of the matter till he / should have gone to Fordyce Castle to announce his news. As we have / seen, he did not mean to announce it in person, but he wished to see / Agneta before retiring to a safe distance and writing to Sir Thomas, of / whose consent the past had made him sure; from his sister he counted on / hearing how soon it would be wise for him to face Lady Fordyce. Before / he left Fullarton he had allowed himself one day to be spent with / Cecilia.
‘You cannot expect me to go to-morrow,' he said to her, with solemn / gallantry, as he emerged from Fullarton's study, where he had been to / declare the engagement.