Intheeveningtheplanoffuturecampaignwasarrangedbetweenthem。
Thearchdeaconwouldnotwritetohissonatall。InpassingthroughBarchesterhehadabandonedhisideaofdespatchinganotefromthehotel，feelingthatsuchanoteaswouldberequiredwasnoteasilywritteninahurry。MrsGrantlywouldnowwritetoherson，tellinghimthatcircumstanceshadchanged，thatitwouldbealtogetherunnecessaryforhimtosellhisfurniture，andbegginghimtocomeoverandseehisfatherwithoutaday’sdelay。Shewroteherletterthatnight，andreadtothearchdeaconallthatshehadwritten——withtheexceptionofthepostscript：——’Youmaybequitesurethattherewillbenounpleasantnesswithyourfather。’Thatwasthepostscriptwhichwasnotcommunicatedtothearchdeacon。
OnthethirddayafterthatHenryGrantlydidcomeovertoPlumstead。
Hismotherinherlettertohimhadnotexplainedhowithadcometopassthatthesaleofthefurniturewouldbeunnecessary。HisfatherhadgivenhimtounderstanddistinctlythathisincomewouldbewithdrawnfromhimunlesshewouldexpresshisintentionofgivingupMissCrawley；andithadbeenadmittedamongthemallthatCosbyLodgemustbeabandonedifthisweredone。HecertainlywouldnotgiveupGraceCrawley。Soonerthanthat，hewouldgiveupeverystickinhispossession，andgoanliveinNewZealandifitwerenecessary。NotonlyhadGrace’sconducttohimmadehimthusfirm，butthenaturalbentofhisowndispositionhadtendedthatwayalso。Hisfatherhadattemptedtodictatetohim，andsoonerthansubmittothathewouldsellthecoatoffhisback。Hadhisfatherconfinedhisoppositiontoadvice，andhadMissCrawleybeenlessfirminherviewofherduty，themajormighthavebeenlessfirmalso。Butthingshadsogonethathewasdeterminedtobefixedasgranite。Ifotherswouldnotbemovedfromtheirresolves，neitherwouldhe。Suchbeingthestateofhismind，hecouldnotunderstandwhyhewasthussummonedtoPlumstead。HehadalreadywrittenovertoPauabouthishouse，anditwaswellthatheshould，atanyrate，seehismotherbeforehestarted。Hewaswilling，therefore，togotoPlumstead，buthetooknostepsastothewithdrawalofthoseauctioneer’sbillstowhichthearchdeaconsostronglyobjected。Whenhedroveintotherectoryyard，hisfatherwasstandingtherebeforehim。
’Henry，’hesaid，’Iamverygladtoseeyou。Iamverymuchobligedtoyouforcoming。’ThenHenrygotoutofhiscartandshookhandswithhisfather，andthearchdeaconbegantotalkabouttheweather。’YourmotherhasgoneintoBarchestertoseeyourgrandfather，’saidthearchdeacon。