Explore "Margery Daw" by Bertha M. Clay on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Should he go or stay? was the burning question in Stuart's mind all that morning. Duty and honor bade him tear himself away; yet there was something mysterious and altogether apart from the inthrallment of Margery's presence that kept him. He spent the long hours walking about the grounds with the earl, forcing himself to discuss the all-important subject of Margery's birth the while he was growing faint and weary with the struggle that raged within him.
The surprise, the sleepless night, the agitation at last began to tell; and, as the afternoon advanced, Stuart was obliged to confess that he was quite exhausted and could walk no farther.