The next moment she heard the door locked behind her . Her first proceeding was to have a cry of anger and shame and disappointment . That did no good , and then she took to marching up and down her room . It did not calm her to hear the rumble of the carriage out of the gate as her uncle and aunt departed . '' ` Oh , what 's to be done ? ' she sobbed . ` Kenneth will be furious . He will think I have failed him and he will go away hot with anger against me . If I could only send a word of explanation I know he would not leave me . But there seems to be no way at all -- though I have heard that there 's always a way when there 's a will . Oh , I shall go mad ! If the window were not so high I would jump out of it . But to break my legs or my neck would not mend the matter . ' `` The afternoon passed on . At sunset Ursula heard hoof-beats and ran to the window . Andrew Kinnear of The Springs was tying his horse at the door . He was a dashing young fellow , and a political crony of old Hugh . No doubt he would be at the dance that night . Oh , if she could get speech for but a moment with him ! `` When he had gone into the house , Ursula , turning impatiently from the window , tripped and almost fell over the big ball of homespun yarn her father had flung on the floor .
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