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She had quite forgotten the all but self-betrayal into which she was led during that chat about novels. Two days later Quarrier was again absent from home on business, and Lilian spent the evening with the Liversedges.
"They were at St. Luke's last Sunday," Mrs. Walker was able to declare, though her wonted timidity again threw some suspicion on the statement. "St. Luke's! Why St. Luke's?" cried other voices. "It isn't their parish, is it?" "I think," suggested the widow, "it may be because the Liversedges go to St. Luke's. Mrs. Liversedge is" Her needless information was cut short by a remark from Mrs.
I'm sure her intentions are very good indeed, and it must be trying to live among people who have no sympathy with you. They make sad fun of her, and altogether misunderstand her at least I think so." The snowstorm still raged. To spare their own horses, the Liversedges had come in a cab, and at half-past five the same vehicle returned to take them home. Lilian was sorry to see them go.
In the meantime, he began to perceive that Lilian was not likely to form many acquaintances in the town. With the Liversedges she stood on excellent terms, and one or two families closely connected with them gave her a welcome from which she did not shrink.
"But she may have gone to Mary's?" Arrested in the full flow of his jubilant spirits by this extraordinary announcement, Denzil could not admit grave alarm. If Lilian had fled from the proximity of her pursuer, she must of course have taken refuge with some friend. "Let us go to the Liversedges'," he exclaimed. "I have a cab" "Stop, Mr. Quarrier. I haven't told you the worst.
Quarrier had gone to spend the day at a neighbouring town, and would not be back before late in the evening, so that Lilian had arranged to go from Mrs. Wade's to the Liversedges'. They still had a couple of hours' talk to enjoy; on Lilian's side, at all events, it was unfeigned enjoyment. The cosy little room put her at ease.
Decency would in any case have necessitated his withdrawal for the present from public affairs, and, in truth, he was stricken down by his calamity. The Liversedges had brought him to their house; he transacted no business, and saw no one beyond the family circle.
I chose to get married in my own way. You, Mrs. Wade, are not likely to find fault with me for that." "Oh dear no!" she answered, with friendly indifference. "I am told you see a good deal of the Liversedges?" She nodded. "Does my sister give any promise of reaching higher levels? Or is she a hopeless groveller?" "Mrs. Liversedge is the kind of woman I can respect, independently of her views."
After all, these emancipated women are the most trustworthy, and Mrs. Wade is the best example I have yet known." When Mrs. Liversedge welcomed her sister-in-law at luncheon, she was stricken with alarm. "My dear girl, you look like a ghost! This won't do," she added, in a whisper, presently. "You must keep quiet!" But the Liversedges' house was no place for quietness.
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