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Robarts, hurrying into her husband's book-room about the middle of the day, "Lord Lufton is at home. Have you heard it?" "What! here at Framley?" "He is over at Framley Court; so the servants say. Carson saw him in the paddock with some of the horses. Won't you go and see him?" "Of course I will," said Mark, shutting up his papers.
But this belief had dwindled as his anger had dwindled; and as the chaise had entered the parish of Framley he had told himself that it was quite impossible that she should know anything about it. Her manner had certainly been altogether in her favour since he had been in her house. There had been nothing of the consciousness of guilt in her demeanour. But, nevertheless, there was the coincidence!
Had she been asked she might perhaps have said that Lucy's presence would be dangerous to the Grantly interest at Framley Court. Lord Lufton's voice was audible enough as he went on talking to Miss Grantly his voice, but not his words. He talked in such a way that there was no appearance of whispering, and yet the person to whom he spoke, and she only, could hear what he said. Mrs.
"If you are content," continued the man of the world, "to live at Framley all your life, and to warm yourself in the sunshine of the dowager there, why, in such case, it may perhaps be useless for you to extend the circle of your friends; but if you have higher ideas than these, you will be very wrong to omit the present opportunity of going to the duke's.
Fanny, was I wicked to tell that falsehood?" "And why did you refuse him?" "Why? Can you ask? Think what it would have been to go down to Framley Court, and to tell her ladyship, in the course of conversation, that I was engaged to her son. Think of Lady Lufton. But yet it was not that, Fanny.
I don't doubt but it's true, and I think that it's a great shame." "A great shame that Henry should be at Framley! He has been there two or three times every year since he has lived in the county." "It is a great shame that he should be had over there just at the time when that girl is there also. It is impossible to believe that such a thing is an accident."
He had been at Framley for an hour or two, and had been forced into some communication with old Mr Thorne, the squire of his new parish. The end of this had been that he had at last consented to transfer himself and wife and daughter to the deanery for a fortnight.
"The probability is that no one at Lufton knew anything about Henry's partiality for Miss Crawley," said Mrs Grantly. "I tell you I think they are both at Framley together." "And I tell you that if they are, which I doubt, they are there simply by accident. Besides, what does it matter? If they choose to marry each other, you and I cannot prevent them.
Was it possible that having loved she should not so rejoice, or that, rejoicing, she should not be proud of her love? They spent the whole winter abroad, leaving the dowager Lady Lufton to her plans and preparations for their reception at Framley Court; and in the following spring they appeared in London, and there set up their staff.
Lucy had been a hypocrite, for she had confessed to herself, while dressing, that Lord Lufton had been very pleasant; but then it is allowed to young ladies to be hypocrites when the subject under discussion is the character of a young gentleman. Soon after that Lucy did dine at Framley Court.
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