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Godfrey Heron's death had happened so suddenly that the news of it scarcely got beyond the radius of the estate before the following morning, and Stafford had gone to London in ignorance of this second blow with which Fate had followed up the one he had dealt Ida: and when the neighbours the Vaynes, the Bannerdales, and the Avorys came quickly and readily enough to offer their sympathy and help, they could do nothing.
She is staying with some country people called the Vaynes, people who would have passed, like a third entrée, unnoticed; but they are deluged with invitations, and 'All on account of Eliza." "Do not be vulgar, Bertie," said Howard, rebukingly. "Well it was vulgar" admitted Bertie, "especially applied to such an exquisite creature as Miss Heron Oh there she is with young Glarn!
It was the same with the Vaynes and Avorys; they were all more than kind to her, and she longed to receive their attention with open arms; but she could not: the fact was, her wounded heart was so tender that it shrank even from the gentlest touch. "The girl is all right," remarked Lord Bannerdale.
Now and again, while cantering along the roads on the big chestnut, she had met other girls riding and driving: the Vaynes, the Avorys, and the Bannerdales; had heard them talking and laughing merrily and happily, but it had never occurred to her to envy them, to reflect that she was different to other girls who had friends and companions and girlish amusements.
There were a number of the neighbouring gentry who were making their acquaintance with the Villa for the first time, and they regarded the splendour around them with an amazement which was not without reason; for to-night the artistically designed and shaded electric lamps, the beautiful rooms with their chaste yet effective decorations, on which money had been lavished like water, were seen to their greatest advantage; and the Vaynes, the Bannerdales, and the local gentry generally exchanged glances and murmured exclamations of surprise and admiration, and wondered whether there could be any end to the wealth of a man who could raise such a palace in so short a time.
But he knew I should not have sold it for building on; that is why he got Bowden, the farmer, to buy it. It was like him: only such a man can be capable of such an underhand act. And now I suppose he will be welcomed by his neighbours, and the Vaynes and the Bannerdales, and made much of.
Falconer for his daughter. Within a few days she received invitations from the Bannerdales and Vaynes and the other county families, who were evidently possessed by the kind determination that she should become one of them.
I'm thinking, Miss Ida, that the Court" the Court was the Vaynes' place "or Bannerdale Grange ain't half so grand." "I daresay," said Ida. "Is the lunch nearly ready, Jessie?" "Yes, miss; I was only waiting for you to come in. And Suzie's seen the young Mr. Orme, Sir Stephen's son, and she says that he's the handsomest gentleman she ever saw; and she heard Mr.
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