In every kink and turn of it there was an individuality all Ludovic 's own . Anne roused herself from her dreams , thinking it would only be tactful to take her departure . Ludovic was courting Theodora . Everyone in Grafton knew that , or , if anyone were in ignorance of the fact , it was not because he had not had time to find out . Ludovic had been coming down that lane to see Theodora , in the same ruminating , unhastening fashion , for fifteen years ! When Anne , who was slim and girlish and romantic , rose to go , Theodora , who was plump and middle-aged and practical , said , with a twinkle in her eye : `` There is n't any hurry , child . Sit down and have your call out . You 've seen Ludovic coming down the lane , and , I suppose , you think you 'll be a crowd . But you wo n't . Ludovic rather likes a third person around , and so do I . It spurs up the conversation as it were . When a man has been coming to see you straight along , twice a week for fifteen years , you get rather talked out by spells . '' Theodora never pretended to bashfulness where Ludovic was concerned . She was not at all shy of referring to him and his dilatory courtship . Indeed , it seemed to amuse her . Anne sat down again and together they watched Ludovic coming down the lane , gazing calmly about him at the lush clover fields and the blue loops of the river winding in and out of the misty valley below . Anne looked at Theodora 's placid , finely-moulded face and tried to imagine what she herself would feel like if she were sitting there , waiting for an elderly lover who had , seemingly , taken so long to make up his mind . But even Anne 's imagination failed her for this . `` Anyway , '' she thought , impatiently , `` if I wanted him I think I 'd find some way of hurrying him up . Ludovic SPEED !
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