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I was somewhat surprised at the style o the house. I had not expected anything so grand, so beautiful. "We shall have time for a cigar and a stroll before dinner," said Lance, as he threw the reins to the groom; "but you must see Frances first, John you must see her." But one of the servants told us that Mrs. Fleming was in the drawing-room, engaged with Lady Ledbitter. Lance's face fell.
He came to me when I was dressed and we went out for a stroll through the gardens. "We shall hear the dinner-bell," said Lance. "We will not go too far." We saw the stately equipage of Lady Ledbitter driven down the avenue. "Thank Heaven!" said Lance. "Now Frances is free. She will have gone to her room. That good Lady Ledbitter has robbed us of a pleasant hour."
"You do not seem to care for Lady Ledbitter," I said to him. "In truth I do not; she is a county magnate, and a local horror I call her. She leads all the ladies of the country; they are frightened to death of her; they frown when she frowns, smile when she smiles. I begged of Frances not to fall under her sway, but I have begged in vain, no doubt.
My wife is one of those; when one talks to her she listens with her eyes down, and seems as though she had left another world of thought just for your sake. Her manner always piques one to go on talking for the sake of making her smile. I can just imagine how she looks now, while Lady Ledbitter talks to her.
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